Millions Allocated to Improve National Mental Health Program

Jerusalem, 19 October, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The government approved the Health Minister’s proposal to increase the sources of the government funded health basket to 541 million Shekels ($163 million). This follows a “comprehensive” move by Israel’s Ministry of Health to upgrade the National Mental Health Program, which includes implementing a new payment model, improving hospitalization conditions, and incentives to improve the quality of care and develop services in the community.

As part of the National Mental Health Program, a law on accounting between hospitals and health funds for mental health hospitalization services went into effect several months ago.

The law applies a global payment model for psychiatric inpatient services for the first time, a move that aims to incentivize the prevention of hospitalizations, strengthen community care, and improve the quality of service in hospitals.

As part of the implementation of the move, a new price per day of hospitalization in psychiatric wards was set, which constitutes a direct incentive for continued development and improvement of the quality of care.