The Health and Social Regional Agency of Veneto Region, instituted with the regional law n. 32/2001, is an instrumental public organisation of the Veneto Region for the technical support concerning health care and social services.

ARSS duties include:

• certification of health and social facilities
• definition of the tools aimed to assess the quality of the health and social services
• appraisal of the quality of the health and social services provided
• assistance to the local health authorities in applying management control tools
• check and control of the managing performance of  the health and social facilities
• observatory of the local Health Authorities’ prices and technologies
• development of technical proposals to identify parameters for the health care facilities financing
• technical evaluation of innovative management models to be implemented in the Local Health Units.

The Head of the Agency is appointed by the President of the Regional Council with a special decree.

The organisational structure is articulated into 2 areas:

• Certification and Quality area
• Financial and Economical area