State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance

The State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan was established on 27 December 2007 (the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 2592). It started functioning on 15 February 2016 and became a public legal entity named the State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance (hereinafter the Agency) on 24 November 2016 (the Decrees of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 765 and 1125 respectively). The Agency implements mandatory health insurance through accumulating revenues to finance medical services within benefit package and acting as purchaser of these services.