House speaker Marco Maia, said on Tuesday (14) that was agreed to put to a vote, still in this semester, the project which regulates the Amendment 29, that dedicates more resources for health (DF 306/...

The satisfaction of patients treated in the emergency department (ED) of Albert Einstein was only measured by complaints. From May 2010, the institution began to design a project to analyze the daily ...

The Economic Affairs Committee (EAC) approved yesterday project allowing companies operating health plans are treated as "originators" of reinsurance and use the rating to have the possibility to hire...

The British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday presented a smoothed version of the ambitious project of reform of British health care system, feared by public opinion and sharply criticized by ind...

It is similar to the expectation of being ready at the start. Several insurers are waiting for the green light to proceed with new products in one of the most promising markets for the insurance indus...

The House installed on Thursday a special committee to review the definition of a national wage floor for community health agents and endemic diseases agents. The committee will give its opinion on th...

The Superior Court of Justice (SCJ) has launched a new feature in your room Forensic Services, which allows prosecutors and lawyers to consult the unavailability of Justice Journal of Electronic Syste...

From time to time a politician has an idea that is so bad, so misguided, that you almost feel grateful. For really bad ideas can help illustrate how the political discourse derailed.This is the case w...

Companies in the health sector on the Stock Exchange, Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM & F Bovespa) have a promising year thanks to rising incomes, especially in stratum C and D. With this, th...

Still time to participate and contribute to the public consultation that debate bonuses and discounts up to 30% in tuition of health plans for beneficiaries who participate in programs to prevent dise...

The area of ​​hospital billing, can be compared to a company in its entirety, it presents a variety of problems for completion of its core business, accumulating, so a significant financia...

The Qualicorp published on Tuesday (7) the terms of its IPO (Initial Public Offering) process started when the company filed with the SC (Securities Commission) in early May this year. The papers will...

The installation of the special committee to review the proposal for a Constitutional Amendment (CA) 10 / 95 establishing the mixed district electoral system, scheduled for today, is an attempt by the...

The associations, unions, federations and professional associations have a unique option for its members: Aon Affinity Health, the administrator of the benefits of Aon Affinity Latin America - consult...

At the request of the Research Institute for Health Insurance (IESS in Brazil), the Datafolha Institute conducted research which found that having a health plan is a priority for Brazilians who have n...

From now on, all customer complaints against health plans in the National Health Agency (NHA) will be computed in the ranking of claims of the regulator.Rather, the regulatory agency only took into co...

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Brazil grew 1.3% in the first quarter, compared to the previous quarter, reported on Friday the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).The growth ra...

The Board reviews the DF 857 / 11, of Mr. Junji Abe (DEM / SP), which fixed penalty of six months to two years imprisonment or a fine for those who disrespects the advocate in practice of law. The pro...

The decision of the Federal Court injunction that suspended on the preventive measures taken by the Secretariat of Economic Law (SDE), compared to the national movement of doctors, allow negotiations ...

In Brasilia, the court ruled that doctors may charge a fee for patients who have health insurance. Everything returned to business as usual. Doctors can make new strikes such as the April 7, and suspe...

Since Friday, the medical institutions are again released to organize strikes demanding adjustments in fees paid by health plans. The Federal Council of Medicine (CFM in Brazil) obtained an injunction...

A lawyer got in the Superior Labor Court (TST in Brazil) get rid of penalty for litigating in bad faith. He had been sentenced jointly by the Labor Court of Goias, together with the worker it represen...

Feature reporter Diego Abreu published today in the Correio newspaper that shows referencing or not the new public service hours in the Brazilian courts, established by resolution published in the las...

The portion of the Brazilian government′s budget devoted to health, 6%, is below the African average (9.6%) and industry in the country is still paid by most citizens. The data are from the Worl...

Article 32 of Law 9656, which provides for compensation to the Unified Health System (SUS) by the plans, is disputed by organizations representing the health insurance. "The constitution says that hea...

Small and medium sized operators should explore new models of marketing, reinventing shapes and profiles with a look at how the elderly and the emerging class. This is the opinion of the director of N...

"Ten years ago nobody spoke about health in the country." The finding of the President of National Health Council (CNS), José Carlos Abraham, is that the development of the private market of health wi...

The National Health Agency (ANS) wants to know the opinion of the principal actors of the private health care on programs developed by operators of health plans for health promotion and risk preventio...

In 1988, the new Brazilian constitution characterized the country′s health system, SUS, defining the roles of public and private sectors, called "supplemental" or the "health plans". Regulating ...

Extended the deadline for submission of the PPA report and Financial Periodic Information of Document Carriers Health Plans (DIOPS). The Board of the National Health Agency (ANS) has decided to extend...

The Secretariat of Economic Law (SDE) of the Ministry of Justice announced on Monday, May 9th, 2011, report on the establishment of administrative procedures that were referred for trial of the Admini...

Many opinion polls have shown that the main concern of the Brazilian citizen is health. Thus, it is natural that the subject arouses the attention of our politicians, legislators and governors.In this...

The Data Envelopment Analysis, a management tool used in hospitals for international monitoring of productivity of different units, arrived in Brazil in order to bring improvements to the organization...

One of the main issues in the routine hospital concerns the acquisition of materials and products for daily use. According to economist and manager of the National Group Elfa, Roger Vallim, institutio...

Determination by the Ministry of Justice, starting this Monday today (09), doctors are unable to use the Hierarchical Brazilian Classification of Medical Procedures (CBHPM), which sets minimum billing...

Health plans may grant up to 30% discount on tuition and bonuses for customers who join programs for healthy aging and disease prevention. These incentives will be discussed at a public consultation t...

Incentives for participation of beneficiaries of health plans in programs for active aging and health promotion and risk prevention and disease will be the subject of the next public consultation of t...

The lack of beds is no longer characteristic of only public institutions in Sao Paulo, as it expanded the income and with it access to special health care plans.Many hospitals have ongoing expansion w...

Brazil finished 2010 with 45,570,031 beneficiaries of health plans, with the highest annual growth since the early publication of the Book of Supplemental Health Information made ​​by the ...

The National Agency for Health Insurance (ANS) passed on to health insurance companies with financial problems and in liquidation, the equivalent of $20.437.631,35 between 2005 and 2009, but only 8% o...

Another company has filed to conduct an IPO (Initial Public Offering) this year. The CVM (Securities Commission) published on its website on Wednesday (4) that is analyzing the distribution of company...

The National Judicial Magistrate begins to assist the Regional Labour Courts (TRTs) and the Courts of Justice (TJs) to establish, in courtrooms, debit card machines and credit. The project, which allo...

A parliamentary front to discuss proposals for improvements in working relationships can be created in the Chamber of Deputies. Mr Vicentinho (PT-SP), author of the proposal, is already reaping the ne...

The mapping will be done together with the directors, officers and managers in hospitals in Brazil, through a standardized electronic questionnaire, which will be the basis for the construction of the...

The president of the OAB-SP (Bar Association of Sao Paulo), Luiz Flávio Borges D′Urso, who criticized the bill, if passed, will amend the tax law on the ISS (Service Tax).The president sent an o...

Health Minister, Alexandre Padilha said today (4) have "fully aware" of Brazilian society′s concern regarding public health and that we must give a "new leap" in relations between the federal, s...

Our office is pleased to announce that our associate in The United States, EpsteinBeckerGreen’s, was ranked in Tier 1, in the inaugural U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”...

The withholding of Service Taxes (ISS) takes place where the service has been effectively provided. The decision was made by the Second Group of the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ), which denied the ap...

Ministers Ayres Britto, Gilmar Mendes and Cezar Peluso opposed. To them, the appellant entities provide exclusively public services. The president minister emphasized that if the hospitals at issue fu...

To the report, it is essential to take into account the record made by the Union in the sense of seeing the appellant’s situation as transitory. The Union itself, in recently presented memorials...

Health is the state’s obligation, but whenever the activity is carried out aiming at amassing private or estate assets, the constitutional protection provided for in article 150 will not be exte...

In his vote, the case reporter, Minister Joaquim Barbosa, said that the tax immunity reach, provided for in article 150, paragraph VI, letter “a” of the Federal Constitution, is not elimin...

The Public Treasury attorney-in-fact also manifested himself during the trial, stating that the hospitals, even when almost absolutely controlled by the Union, are not mixed economy organizations R...

According to the appellants’ attorney, today the hospitals exclusively provide services through SUS (Unified Health System). Thus, the attorney emphasized, all the revenues come from the Union. ...

After debates that practically took the entire time of the plenary session of the Supreme Court this Wednesday (25), an analysis request by Minister Dias Toffoli suspended the judgment of Appeal (RE) ...

The National Agency of Additional Health published in the Federal Register, on January 12th, 2010, Normative Resolution RN nº 211/2010, which updates the List of Health Procedures and Events, which is...

The project will have its analysis concluded through the proceedings through which the project does not need to be voted by the House, but only by the commissions assigned to analyze it. The project w...

To Dr. Rosinha, the health services outsourcing is not appropriate, even when properly arranged. “However, unfortunately, this is not even the case, as there is a lot of polemic involving outsou...

Dr. Rosinha reminds that, given the Constitution, health is everyone’s right and a State’s obligation, being the activity free to the private initiative, which can take part in the Unified...

The House of Representatives analyzes the introduction of Bill 7423/10, by Representative Dr. Rosinha (PT-PR), which ends outsourcing health services to social organizations. Social Organizations are ...