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Turkey SGK health reimbursement updates

Overview

Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) has implemented significant updates to its health reimbursement regulations and medication coverage.

Initial regulatory changes established new definitions for drug market share and price calculations, including a requirement for the cheapest drugs in a reference group to maintain a 1% market share to remain in certain calculations. The updates also expanded coverage for organ and tissue transplants, including costs for both donors and recipients, while introducing stricter reimbursement criteria for ABO blood group incompatible kidney transplants and specific cancer treatments.

Following these regulatory shifts, the SGK expanded its reimbursement list by adding 131 new medications. Minister of Labour and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan noted that 119 of these additions are domestically produced. The new medications cover various conditions, including diabetes, pulmonary hypertension, and cancer, bringing the total number of drugs added to the list since the start of the year to 380.

Entities

Social Security Institution · Ministry of Health · Official Gazette · National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Coordination Center · Vedat Işıkhan

Timeline

  1. [HEALTH] 2 sources
    Turkey's SGK adds 131 drugs to reimbursement list

    Turkey's SGK has added 131 new drugs to its reimbursement list, including 119 domestically produced medications for cancer, diabetes, and pulmonary hypertension.

  2. [HEALTH] 8 sources
    SGK updates drug reimbursement and transplant coverage rules

    Turkey's SGK has updated health reimbursement rules, introducing a 1% market share threshold for certain drugs and expanding coverage for organ transplants while restricting ABO-incompatible kidney transplants.

Sources

dunya.com · gazetemerhaba.com · gazetepasinler.com · haberaktuel.com · kutahyaekspres.com · mebpersonel.org · usakolay.com · yenialanya.com · yenicaggazetesi.com.tr · yenisafak.com