Balgarianovinite.com Starting July 1, electronic invoicing will be implemented for expenditures related to the use of medicinal products not registered in Bulgaria, National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Director Stanimir Mihaylov told reporters after a meeting of the NHIF Supervisory Board on Wednesday. According to him, the supervisors have approved the concept for the terms and conditions under which a contract will be signed between medical facilities that administer medicinal products under Article 266(a) of the Medicinal Products Act and the NHIF.
The Act stipulates that when there is no alternative treatment for a given disease in the country, a medicinal product that is authorized for use in an EU Member State, authorized for use under this law, but not distributed on the Bulgarian market, may be administered to a specific patient.
Electronic invoicing is a step toward transparency and clarification of the process for reporting and paying for these medicines, Mihaylov added. When asked whether there is data from the inspections that began in seven state hospitals, which had purchased the same medicinal products but at prices varying several-fold, Mihaylov noted that this information must be published by the Health Ministry.
Deputy Health Minister Petar Gribnev told reporters that this information is currently being analyzed and will be published once it is ready.
On April 14, Deputy Health Minister Vladimir Afenliev told a briefing that an internal analysis covering 2024 and 2025 identified significant discrepancies in the prices paid by several hospitals for the same medications, many of which are used to treat rare and severe illnesses in children. He added that in some cases the differences were dramatic, for example one hospital purchased a specific medicinal product for BGN 46,000, while another bought it for over BGN 150,000. Electronic Invoicing of Expenditures for Unregistered Medicines Begins July 1 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-29 15:00:54 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law