Recommendation of the President regarding #HPP #48aa – Prevention and early detection of rheumatoid arthritis
Recommendation No. 71/2025 of October 31, 2025, of the President of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System on recommended medical technologies, activities carried out under health policy programs, and conditions for the implementation of these programs concerning the prevention and early detection of rheumatoid arthritis
The recommendation is an update of Recommendation No. 5/2020 of November 30, 2020 of the President of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System on recommended medical technologies, activities carried out as part of health policy programs, and the conditions for implementing these programs concerning the prevention and early detection of rheumatoid arthritis in accordance with Article 48aa(8) of the Act on healthcare services financed from public funds.
The recommendation contains a model solution for a given health problem – Prevention and early detection of rheumatoid arthritis
The recommendation exempts local government units from the obligation to submit a health policy program prepared in accordance with its content for review.
Thus, the recommendation serves as a model for local government units preparing draft programs for this health problem.
The President of the Agency recommends that health policy programs include information and education activities on RA for patients in the general population, as well as training on rheumatoid arthritis for medical personnel.
Therefore, from October 31, 2025, in order to prepare PPZs for the prevention and early detection of rheumatoid arthritis, the provisions of Recommendation No. 71/2025 should be taken into account, and then a statement of compliance of the PPZ draft with this recommendation should be sent to the Agency pursuant to Article 48aa(11) of the Act.
There is no need to modify the PPZ currently being implemented, which came into force before the publication of Recommendation 71/2025. It is not possible to continue future editions of the PPZ in an unchanged form.