The deputy minister explained that in medical organizations…
The deputy minister explained that in medical organizations providing assistance under the state guarantee program for free medical care to citizens, including those funded by mandatory medical insurance, MRI examinations will be conducted only upon the presence of medical indications and with a doctor's referral.
Consensus
- MRT can be performed without a doctor's referral starting September 1, 2026
- This change applies only to private medical organizations
- The procedure remains subject to medical indications and must be conducted by a radiologist
- MRT is safer than CT scans due to lack of radiation exposure
Points of divergence
- The change was announced by Deputy Minister of Health Eugene Kamkin and is part of a broader healthcare reform — fontanka
- The change is part of a new list of medical positions approved by the Ministry of Health, which includes 11 new specialties and 16 removed ones — vm
- A medical expert stated that MRT can be performed at any time depending on indications and that frequency depends on patient category — gazeta_spb
- The policy change was announced in a document from the Ministry of Health and is related to the promotion of Russian telemedicine technologies abroad — vedomosti
Coverage (5 sources)
- MRI without doctor's referral will only be available in private clinics — Фонтанка
- Health Ministry: MRI Without Referral Will Be Available Only in Private Clinics — Вечерняя Москва
- Doctor Names Safe Number of MRI Procedures Without Health Risks - SPB RU Newspaper - St. Petersburg News — Gazeta.SPb
- MRI scans will be available without referral from treating physician starting September 1 — Ведомости
- Ministry of Health: From September 1, MRI in Russia can be done without a doctor's referral — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- Russia
- Ministries of Health
- Ministry of Health
- Evgeny Kamkin
- News.ru
- Russia
- Evgeny Cheremukhin
- SPB RU Newspaper - St. Petersburg MRT News