1. Introduction
Who can provide healthcare services to the GHS?
All natural persons who wish to provide healthcare services to the GHS must first enrol with the GHS as healthcare professionals and state the service they wish to provide. Next, if they wish to provide their services as self-employed persons they shall submit a request to conclude a contract for the service they wish to provide. If they are employed by a legal person or association of persons or the state services then the request to conclude a contract shall be submitted by the employer of the said natural person.
All legal persons, associations of persons and state services who wish to provide healthcare services to the GHS must first enrol with the GHS and state the service they wish to provide (separate request for each service) and then submit a request to conclude a contract for the specific service.
2. Enrolment process for the provision of healthcare services
A person wishing to enrol with the GHS for the provision of healthcare services must comply with the provisions of the Law and the Regulations, the internal regulations and the Decisions issued thereof. The GHS enrolment process is described in the separate Regulations for each service.
All interested parties must fill in and submit via the Provider Portal a request to be enrolled with the GHS for the specific service they wish to provide (a separate request must be submitted for each type of service). Subsequently, they must print, sign and send by post to the HIO the enrolment request they submitted online via the provider portal attaching original or certified copies of the supporting documents set out in the request form.
In case the request is approved, the HIO shall inform the applicant and then it may ask the applicant to present themselves for identification and to complete the enrolment process.
In case the request is rejected, the HIO shall inform the applicant duly justifying the reason/s for the rejection.
3. Contracting process
A person wishing to conclude a contract with the HIO for the provision of healthcare services within the GHS framework must comply with the provisions of the Law and the Regulations, the internal regulations and the Decisions issued thereof.
In order for the interested person to proceed with the request to conclude a contract they must first complete their enrolment with the GHS via the provider portal for the specific service they wish to provide.
Next they will request to conclude a contract with the HIO via the provider portal by submitting the relevant request for the specific service. In addition, the applicant shall print, sign and send by post to the HIO the request for a contract that they submitted online via the Provider Portal attaching original or certified copies of the supporting documents set out in the request form.
In case the request is approved, the HIO shall inform the applicant and invite them to present themselves to sign the contract and complete the process.
In case the request is rejected, the HIO shall inform the applicant duly justifying the reason/s for the rejection.
Please note that the request for enrolment with the GHS and the request to conclude a contract may be filled in and submitted at the same time.