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National Supplementary Health Agency

National Supplementary Health Agency

ANS is the acronym for National Supplementary Health Agency, an autarchy created to implement regulation of the private health market in the country. Linked to the Ministry of Health, ANS was created by Law 9.961/2000, with the aim of “Promoting defense of the public interest in supplementary health care, regulating sectoral operators – including terms of their relations with generation and consumers – and contributing for the development of health actions in the country.”

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Learn more about CONITEC

Learn more about CONITEC

The National Commission for the Incorporation of Technologies in the Unified Health System (CONITEC) is the body responsible for assisting the Ministry of Health in the process of inclusion, exclusion, or modification of health technologies in the SUS and also in the elaboration or revision of Clinical Protocols and Guidelines Therapeutics (PCDT).

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Learn more about ANVISA:

Learn more about ANVISA:

Created by law nº 9,782 of January 26, 1999, the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) is an autarchy under a special regime, which has its headquarters and jurisdiction in the Federal District and is present throughout the Brazilian territory.

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