Planned medical treatment according to Regulation 883/04 Mandatory prior approval Persons insured with the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) going for planned medical treatment in the contracted healthcare facility in another Member State of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area countries (E...

The refund of costs for the necessary, or emergency healthcare service If you are insured under compulsory health insurance with the CHIF, and consider that during the temporary stay in another Member State you have unfoundedly borne the costs of the necessary healthcare service, you have the right to submit ...

Necessary health care under the Directive 2011/24/EU Under the provisions of the Directive 2011/24/EU, incorporated into the Compulsory health insurance Act, the insured person shall have the right to the reimbursement of costs for the necessary healthcare utilised with private healthcare service providers in...

The procedure for issuing the EHIC The method of submitting the application for issuing the EHIC Request for issuing the EHIC can be submitted: - via the CHIF web portal - or in person, at the nearest CHIF regional or branch office. The EHIC will be waiting for you at the CHIF location that you have chosen wh...

Necessary healthcare under Regulation 883/04 - the European health insurance card/Substitute Certificate Any person with a regulated compulsory health insurance status with the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) is entitled to necessary healthcare in another Member State of the European Union (EU), the Eu...

Planned medical treatment under Regulation 883/2004 According to Article 20 of the Regulation 883/2004, the competent institution in one of the Member States of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area countries (EEA - Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), Switzerland or the United Kingdom of Great ...