Treatment Coverage for Citizens of
CIS Countries and Georgia

The high quality of treatment abroad is often associated with increased costs, which makes it even more difficult for a patient to undergo treatment in another country. Fortunately, there are state financing programs, national health insurances, healthcare funds, charitable foundations and other resources in your country that can drastically reduce the costs of treatment abroad.

Treatment Coverage for Citizens of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan citizens treatment coverage

If you are a citizen or permanent resident of the Republic of Azerbaijan, you have several options to receive coverage of the medical expenses of your planned medical treatment abroad. The coverage can be partial or total according to each case.

To receive more information, you can contact the following institutions:

  1. “YASHAT” Foundation of the Republic of Azerbaijan  / “YAŞAT” Fondu Azərbaycan Respublikasının

Official Website
Local contact number: 8110
e-mail: info@asan.gov.az

2. The State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance / İcbari Tibbi Sığorta üzrə Dövlət Agentliyi

Official Website
Local contact number: 1542
info@its.gov.az

3. Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population / Azərbaycan Respublikasının Əmək və Əhalinin Sosial Müdafiəsi Nazirliyi

Official website
Baku, Az 1009, Salatin Asgarova Street 85
Telephone: (+994 12) 596 50 34

Treatment Coverage for Citizens of Armenia

If you are a citizen or permanent resident of the Republic of Armenia, you have several options to receive coverage of the medical expenses of your planned medical treatment abroad. The coverage can be partial or total according to each case. You should contact the following institution, which may help you:

The insurance company RGS Armenia offers a special program for medical treatment abroad, which can cover the related expenses for its insured clients whose age does not exceed 69.

Official Website 
+374 1288 88 88
e-mail: info@rgs.am

The Akba Bank, within the framework of cooperation with “RGS-ARMENIA” insurance company, offers its clients the insurance product “Treatment Abroad” that allows treatment in advanced medical centers abroad.

Official website
+374 1031 88 88
e-mail: acba@acba.am

There are other health insurance companies, which may offer coverage for the treatment abroad, such as corporate health insurance packages. We advise you to ask such information from your employer.

Treatment Coverage for Citizens of Georgia

As a citizen or permanent resident of the Republic of Georgia, you are permitted to receive coverage of the medical expenses of your planned medical treatment abroad. Georgian Patients are sent for treatment abroad to obtain the high-tech medical treatments that are undeveloped or not available in Georgia. You can cover the costs of treatment abroad by using such government programs as: “co-financing sub-program of treatment of the population abroad” / “მოსახლეობის საზღვარგარეთ მკურნალობის თანადაფინანსების ქვეპროგრამით”. Through this program, the Georgian Ministry of Health can finance the patient’s treatment for up to 30.000 GEL. A session of the commission created within the framework of this referral program is held weekly.

In order to obtain financial coverage through the co-financing sub-program of treatment of the population abroad, the first step is to get a price quotation from the clinic abroad where you are wish to get treatment. It is very important to contact the best hospital to receive a correct diagnosis and plan of treatment, in order to avoid non-targeted treatment and improper surgical interventions. This hospital also needs to have a direct agreement with the Georgian Ministry of Health. You have to check this information with the hospital and ask them to submit your treatment plan and price quotation to the commission responsible for the treatment of the population abroad. You can also submit the application by yourself.  

In order to obtain financial coverage through the co-financing sub-program of treatment of the population abroad you must submit the following documents:

  • a written application, addressed to the Minister of Health,
  • the document that is generated when when you finish uploading the request on the referral service application form
  • a copy of the identity document of the applicant or his legal representative
  • a report on the applicants patient medical condition (form N IV-100/a) 
  • a translated and notarized invoice for medical services issued by a foreign clinic in international currency (dollars, euros) containing the list of the expenses according to the following breakdown: non-medical services (transfer, hotel, costs for the accompanying person, other) and medical services (treatment or surgery; conservative treatment; diagnostics; chemotherapy; radiation therapy, etc.).
  • a statement from the bank account specifying the amount paid for the treatment.

The coverage of medical treatment outside of Georgia will be considered only if a the relevant professional association or expert confirms with a written opinion that the requested medical service cannot be performed in Georgia. The answer will be notified to the applicant by SMS

Treatment Coverage for Citizens of Kazakhstan

As a citizen or permanent resident of the Republic of Kazakhstan, you are permitted to receive coverage for the medical expenses of your planned medical treatment abroad. Patients are sent for treatment abroad to obtain the high-tech medical treatments that are undeveloped or not available in Kazakhstan. The program has been in place since 2012.

The list of diseases that can be treated in foreign clinics at the expense of budget funds of the GVFMC (Guaranteed Volume of Free Medical Care) includes:

The coverage of the medical treatment expenses abroad will not be approved in the following cases:

  • if the necessary procedure is available in Kazakhstan
  • if the patient is in critical condition and medical intervention would not bring a positive effect
  • if the patient is not transportable
  • if the case is an incurable disease

The fund covers:

  • all the necessary services, as well as transportation costs for the patient and his companion, except for the accommodation outside the clinic;
  • the waiting period for a suitable donor organ;
  • additional medical services not related to the treatment case

To obtain the coverage, the patient needs to apply to the Republican Health Organization submitting the whole documentation: a copy of the identity card and an extract from the patient’s medical history. The Working Body of the Commission for Organizing Treatment Abroad will evaluate the case and provide its opinion. After collecting the patient’s documentation, the Working Body sends requests to specialized foreign clinics asking for a treatment program and cost calculation. Then, this proposal is sent to the expert Commission of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which takes the final decision.

Contact information of the Working Body of the Commission for Organization of Treatment Abroad of the Department for Monitoring the Quality of Medical Care are available at the following website: https://fms.kz/en/useful-to-know/kak-lechitsia-za-rubezhom/

Contact information