By Brazil Stock Guide – Amil Group has joined Brazil’s federal Agora Tem Especialistas program, committing to perform 1,000 high-complexity surgeries for patients of the public healthcare system (SUS) over a 12-month period. The initiative is part of the Health Ministry’s strategy to reduce long waiting lines by channeling private hospital capacity into the public system.
The announcement was made Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro during an event attended by Health Minister Alexandre Padilha and the president of the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS), Wadih Damous. Amil now becomes one of the major private healthcare operators participating in the program, which already includes large hospital groups such as Hapvida and Rede D’Or.
Amil will initially provide care in Rio de Janeiro through hospitals in its Total Care network, starting with Hospital Pasteur and later expanding to units in Tijuca and Jacarepaguá. The procedures will focus on oncology, cardiology and general surgery, including mastectomies and coronary angioplasty—areas identified by public authorities as critical bottlenecks in the SUS.
The program allows private operators to deliver procedures for SUS patients in exchange for debt offsets or the generation of future tax credits. Amil will participate through tax credits, as it has no outstanding reimbursement debts to the public system. Other operators in the program, including Hapvida and Rede D’Or, have adhered under the same compensation framework.
Alongside the announcement, the Health Ministry and the ANS launched a new public call for additional operators to join the program. Participation requires regulatory compliance, financial transparency and, in cases involving debt conversion, the waiver of administrative or judicial disputes related to SUS reimbursements.
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