Croatian Institute for Health Insurance

The Croatian Institute for Health Insurance (HZZO) is a public institution and legal entity – its rights, obligations and responsibility are established under the Act on Mandatory Health Insurance and the Statute of the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance
The Ministry of Health monitors the legality of the Institute’s work
The Institute is managed by an Administrative Board, which is comprised of 9 members, appointed by the Government of the Republic of Croatia
The Administrative Board makes adopts decisions and general acts of the Institute
The director governs the work of the Institute
The Institute operates through 7 departments managed by assistant directors
The Institute’s structure consists of a Direction and 4 regional offices (Zagreb, Osijek, Split, Rijeka) that govern the work of 16 regional offices at 134 locations.