New Regulations for Medical Service Payments

The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia has adopted, in its second reading, a law introducing amendments and additions to the Tax Code of the Republic of Armenia, establishing new regulations on payments for medical services and the issuance of fiscal receipts.

The amendments aim to simplify the issuance of fiscal receipts for medical services paid for through payment terminals, while enhancing the transparency and completeness of information regarding services provided by medical institutions outside the state-funded healthcare program and the social package.

In particular, the new regulations provide that:

Fiscal receipts issued for medical services must include the unique service identification code generated by the electronic healthcare system, as well as the Personal Public Services Number (PPSN) of the citizen who received the service.
In certain cases, healthcare service providers will be required to use electronic cash register (ECR) systems.
Payments made by bank card will also require the use of a non-electronic cash register.

These regulations are intended to improve the accounting of payments for medical services and increase the transparency of the information related to such transactions.