Georgia’s Competition and Consumer Agency is expected to publish its findings on healthcare price increases by the end of the year, following a review of approximately 13,000 medical services across 170 inpatient healthcare facilities. The agency identified around 400 services with price markups of 100% or more.
The Healthcare Association says these cases account for only around 3% of the services examined and do not indicate widespread or dramatic price increases across the sector. Maia Makharashvili, a representative of the association, said clinics had already submitted the requested documentation, but the detailed findings have not yet been shared with them.
According to Makharashvili, the association has requested further information from the agency regarding the identified markups. She also noted that healthcare inflation figures do not indicate any radical increase in service prices.
Competition Agency Chairman Irakli Lekvinadze said the review is in its final stage. The agency is currently examining the factors behind the high markups to determine what accounts for the price differences before publishing its final report.
