Larisa Popovich —
Director, Institute for Health Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Education: MSU (Higher nervous activity biologist-physiologist), Academy of the National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation (Economics, finance and insurance), the Federal Supervision Service for Healthcare of the Russian Federation (Public health and organisation of healthcare), CSc (biology). Has been a WHO expert.
Up to 1997: worked at scientific institutions of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Medical Sciences.
1997–2009: ROSNO-MS insurance company (Senior Deputy General Director, member of the Board of Directors).
Since 2009: the Higher School of Economics National Research University (expert, scientific and educational activities). Key clients: Government of the RF and authorities of constituent entities of the RF.
Experience of public work:
• Member of the Expert Council of the Russian Government.
• Expert of the Strategic Initiative Agency.
• Head of working group of the Co-ordinating Committee for Public-private Partnership, Ministry of Health of the RF.
• Head of commission of the Public Council under the Federal Supervision Service for Healthcare of the Russian Federation (Roszdravnadzor).
Professional interests:
• organisation and economic of healthcare;
• modern medical and social technologies;
• social and medical insurance;
• provision of medicines and medical equipment;
• public-private partnership in the social sphere.
Airat Farrakhov —
Member of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Budget and Taxes; Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Vice-President, National Medical Chamber
Work experience
State Duma of the Federal Assembly Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia:
Member of the State Duma VII convocation, committee on budget and taxes
• Chairman of the subcommittee on:
• Budget for the Russian pension fund
• Federal Fund for Compulsory Health Insurance
• Social Security Fund budget
Ministry of Finances of Russia, Moscow, Russia:
The Deputy Minister
• Budgetary activities in healthcare, civil sciences, culture, education, physical culture and sports, tourism, youth policy, pensions and social security for civilians, social insurance, employment; in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, the preparation and hosting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Ministry of Health care of Russia, Moscow, Russia:
The Deputy Minister
• Healthcare industry finances (obligatory investments, federal and regional budget, private investments)
• Health care digitalization
Ministry of Health care of republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia:
The Minister, member of government board of republic of Tatarstan
• Ensured an increase in the volume of high-tech medical care by three times, reduced the incidence of child morbidity and mortality, increased life expectancy due to a decrease in mortality
• Reformed the structure of medical care by optimizing inefficient medical organizations, restructuring the financial support for the program of state guarantees