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THE HEALTH CARE SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

The Healthcare Surveillance Authority has been established by the Act No. 581/2004 Coll. on Healthcare Insurance Companies and Surveillance over Health Care and on Amendment and Supplementation of Certain Acts as a legal person which is vested with performing surveillance over provision of health care and public health care insurance in the field of public administration. It has operated since November 1st 2004. The Authority is not entered in the commercial register and its registered office is Bratislava, Žellova 2. Reports on activities of the Authority are submitted to the Government of the SR.

MAIN  TASKS  OF  THE  AUTHORITY

• Health care supervision
• Public health insurance supervision
• Arbitration on the level of the relationship:

1. health insurance company ↔ provider
2. policyholder ↔ provider                                
3. policyholder ↔ health insurance company

THE BODIES OF THE AUTHORITY

• the Chairperson
• the Management Board
• the Supervisory Board

The chairperson of the Authority is the statutory and executive body of the Authority.

The Chairperson of the Authority is appointed and recalled by the Government at the proposal of the Minister of Health. The Chairperson shall become employed  by the Authority on the day determined as the first day of performance of the post of Chairperson, unless he/she is already employed by the Authority at the time of appointment. Since August 28, 2010, MUDr. Ján Gajdoš has been the chairman of the Authority.

The Management Board

Members of the Management Board are appointed and recalled by the Government at the proposal of the Health Ministry. The Management Board is composed of seven members.

Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board is the inspection body of the Authority. Members of the Supervisory Board are elected and recalled by the National Council of the Slovak Republic at the proposal of the Government. The Supervisory Board is composed of five members.

ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS

 Headquarter - Žellova 2, 829 24 Bratislava 

• Chairperson’s office
• Deputy Chairperson’s office
• Section of Surveillance over Health Care Insurance
• Section of Surveillance over Provision and Purchase of Health Care
• Section of Economy
• Section of Judicial- Medical and Pathology-Anatomy Departments
• Legal Department
• Department of Internal Control
• Personal Department

Branch offices (number 8): Banská Bystrica, Bratislava, Košice, Martin, Nitra, Prešov, Trenčín, Trnava.

Judicial-Medical and Pathology-Anatomy Departments (number 10): Banská Bystrica, Bratislava (2), Košice, Lučenec, Martin, Nitra, Poprad, Prešov, Žilina.