The Association of Health Institutions of Slovenia is a legal person of public law. It was founded by public health institutions in 1992 when the Institutes Act and the new Health Services Act were passed. The Association was founded as the legal successor of the Business Community for Health Care which was founded back in 1963. Membership in the Association is voluntary and open to all public health institutions and other legal entities which provide health services on the basis of concession. Its activities and fundamental goals are defined in the Statute.
 
The purpose of the Association is to ensure better working conditions for the members through connecting cooperation, representation of the members’ interests, informing and advising.
 
The Association cooperates with related international organizations and is a member of the European Hospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE).
 
The most important tasks of the Association

• The representatives of the Association (who represent all members), the Ministry of Health, the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia and other health service providers take part in partnerial negotiations where the common scope of the programs of health care services and the amount of funds necessary to cover the programs at the national level are defined. The final result of this partnerial negotiation process is a written Agreement which represents the legal basis for future contracts with public health care institutions and private service providers;
• Cooperation in the arrangement of matters with The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia and other insurance companies regarding the implementation of voluntary health insurance;
• Cooperation in the preparation of health service-related acts and executive acts;
• Representation of the Association’s members in relations to the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and its ministries;
• Realization of the members’ individual and mutual interests in the scope of operation organization;
• Creation of conditions for the effective implementation of health services.

In the framework of its activities, the Association also:

• Collects, processes, announces and provides data about the work done by its members;
• Performs tasks of mutual importance, such as helping with the implementation of accepted agreements, conclusion of contracts, preparation of solutions for the implementation of contractual obligations, and with the implementation of acts and executive acts in the fields of health service, public finance, public contracts, tax acts, employment relationships, salary system, and other fields that apply to the members. Great attention is paid to the setting up and implementation of suitable information systems, which enable better and more cooperation and ensure quality information, and to the introduction of quality in the health system;
• Organizes various training and education programs for its members.

Bodies of the Association of health institutions of Slovenia
 
ASSEMBLY OF THE ASSOCIATION
The Association is managed by the Assembly, the organization’s highest body, which consists of delegates of the Association’s members. The Assembly has a president and two deputies. It convenes as needed, but at least once a year.
 
MANAGING COMMITTEE
The executive body of the Association consists of nine members. The Assembly authorizes the Committee to perform tasks and deal with other matters, both of which are defined by the Statute. Consequently, the Committee is responsible to the Assembly.
 
ACTIVITY COMMITTEES
The Activity Committees of the Assembly are responsible for executing individual tasks of the Association. They handle activity-related questions and problems, give proposals for discussions and acceptance in the Managing Committee and also discuss activity-related proposals and decisions of the Managing Committee. The Committees have their own president and a deputy. There are six Committees: General Hospitals Committee, Committee for Tertiary Activities, Psychiatric Hospitals Committee, Health Centres Committee, Dental Care Committee and the Committee of the Institutions of Public Health.
 
STANDING COMMISSIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY
The Assembly appoints the following commissions which prepare expert proposals in legal, economic and organizational areas: Legal Commission, Economic Commission, Internal Control Commission and Information Systems Commission.
The Managing Committee or Activity Committees can also appoint commissions in other areas.
 
DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION
The Association is managed by the director who represents the Association, executes resolutions made by the Assembly and other bodies of the Association, coordinates work of the Managing Committee and other bodies of the Association, supervises the legitimacy of performance etc. The director is appointed and relieved by the Managing Committee for a term of four years.
 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
The Professional Service prepares professional grounds for the execution of the Association’s tasks and performs administrative and technical tasks which refer to them. The Service is led by the director who is responsible for the legitimacy of work done by the Service.