Romania's CNAS unveils digital health wallet and reforms medical service rules

E‑Sănătatea Mea CNAS digital health wallet Romanian health reforms contract modifications

The National Health Insurance House (CNAS) announced that the digital health platform “E‑Sănătatea Mea” will be available to patients from 1 September 2026. The portal, described as a “digital health wallet”, will serve roughly 20 million Romanian patients and offers twelve modules, including medical history, electronic prescriptions, referral tickets, reimbursement records and a personal health status view. Use of the platform is optional; patients may continue to use paper‑based methods, and the electronic identity card will run in parallel with the health card during a transition period.

In parallel, CNAS released proposals to amend the national health contract and its methodological norms. The changes aim to increase access to services and reduce bureaucracy: family doctors covering colleagues’ patients may be reimbursed for extra consultations; the minimum operating time for specialist clinics will be cut from 35 to 17.5 hours per week and from five to three working days; consultation times for several specialties will be extended to 20 minutes; chronic disease monitoring procedures such as cholesterol‑HDL testing and HPV screening will be clarified; and the transition to biosimilar medicines will be accelerated. These reforms seek to improve continuity of care, expand digitalisation and streamline the Romanian health system.

Entities: Agenția Medicamentului și Dispozitivelor Medicale · Alexandru Gasnaș · Casa Națională de Asigurări de Sănătate · Casa Națională de Asigurări de Sănătate (CNAS) · E‑Sănătatea Mea · E‑Sănătatea Mea · Horațiu‑Remus Moldovan · National Health Insurance House (CNAS) · Romanian Ministry of Health · SIUI (Unified Integrated Health Information System) · Unified Integrated Health Information System (SIUI)

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[● 5 SOURCES] The platform will serve as a digital health wallet for roughly 20 million Romanian patients. (CNAS president Horațiu‑Remus Moldovan)
[● 5 SOURCES] The electronic identity card will gradually replace the health card, with both usable concurrently during a transition period. (CNAS president)
[● 5 SOURCES] The platform includes twelve modules such as medical history, electronic prescriptions, referral tickets, and reimbursement records. (CNAS description)
[● 5 SOURCES] The digital health platform “E‑Sănătatea Mea” will become available to patients on 1 September 2026. (CNAS announcement)
[● 5 SOURCES] The platform integrates with the Unified Integrated Health Information System (SIUI) used by doctors. (CNAS president)
[● 5 SOURCES] The platform will allow patients to download digital referral tickets directly from the portal. (CNAS president)
[● 6 SOURCES] Use of the platform is optional; patients may continue using paper methods. (CNAS President Horațiu‑Remus Moldovan)
[● 3 SOURCES] The platform will serve about 20 million Romanian patients. (CNAS President Horațiu‑Remus Moldovan)
[● 3 SOURCES] The platform includes twelve modules covering medical history, prescriptions, referral tickets and reimbursement records. (CNAS President Horațiu‑Remus Moldovan)
[● 3 SOURCES] The minimum operating time for specialist clinics will be reduced from 35 to 17.5 hours per week and from five to three working days. (CNAS proposals)
[● 5 SOURCES] The digital health platform “E‑Sănătatea Mea” will be available to patients from 1 September 2026. (Horațiu‑Remus Moldovan, president of CNAS)
[● 4 SOURCES] CNAS proposes that family doctors covering colleagues’ patients may be reimbursed for extra consultations. (CNAS proposals)