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Zvolenská received only promises
Minister of Health agreed with insurance companies that they will give money from € 50 million reserve in state budget in full amount to the hospitals and outpatient clinics, which need them to cover the higher wages of healthcare professionals. State, however, can not force private insurance companies Dôvera and Union to forward all apportioned money to health care providers. State has such a power only in case of state owned Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa (General Health Insurance Company). Minister thus received from the association of insurance companies only the verbal promises. The written agreement in the form of common memorandum is being prepared.
Higher payments for state policyholders are demanded
Association of Hospitals in Slovakia calls for increasing of the next year's payments for state policyholders to 5% of average wage. This would prevent the repeating of the current critical situation in healthcare system with the lack of financial cover for mandatorily increased salaries of nurses and doctors. Association also plans to request the Parliament to adjust both acts – on wage conditions of doctors and nurses, as they are non-systematic and not financially covered.
Dôvera does not expect profit this year
Health insurance company Dôvera does not expect profit in 2012. Insurance company plans to use all the resources from health insurance on the health care, with the exception of the resources for its own operation. Despite this fact, increasing of payments for hospitals will not be enough to cover the costs of mandatorily increased salaries of nurses (from April) and doctors (second phase of increase from July). Dôvera will negotiate on the specific increasing with the Association of Hospitals in Slovakia in May, new condition should apply from June.
Negotiations of regionals hospitals with Dôvera continue
Representatives of regional non-state hospitals negotiated today with the private insurance company Dôvera. The reason was seeking for financial covering of the mandatorily increased salaries of nurses and midwives. Both sides agreed to continue in negotiations on possible adjustments of contract from June. Dôvera, however, at the same time pointed out that there is a lack of resources in the healthcare system.
Zvolenská is missing € 11 million per month
According to the Minister of Health, Zuzana Zvolenská, with no additional funding from the state, the healthcare system is threatened with the collapse. Zvolenská said, the state-owned Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa (General Health Insurance Company) may increase the payments to the health care providers by € 3 million per month. There is, however, a need of € 11 million monthly to cover the mandatorily increased salaries; next year it will be € 15 million. Predecessor of Zvolenská, Ivan Uhliarik has a different opinion and claims that from May this year the health insurance companies will save € 41 - € 49 million on purchasing of cheaper pharmaceuticals.
Zvolenská wants to deal with the profit highly expertly
According to Minister of Health, Zuzana Zvolenská, the profit does not belong to health insurance companies and also thus it would be good for Slovakia to have only one health insurance company. Minister wants to deal with the profit of insurance companies highly expertly, not politically. She therefore promised that objective proposal will be submitted only in case, if it is in accordance with the Constitution and international legislation.
New redistribution of insurance contributions from October
Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa (General Health Insurance Company) could get more money from new way of risk-adjusted redistribution of insurance contributions between health insurance companies for the first time in October this year. This should by brought by the amendment to the Act on health insurance submitted to the Parliament by Richard Raši. Risk adjustment should be calculated by the Healthcare Surveillance Authority.
2011: VšZP paid 8% less for inpatient care than in 2010
Although Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa – VšZP (General Health Insurance Company) offered additional sources to some hospitals. In last year, however, VšZP spent on hospitals 8% less than the year before. While in 2010 the VšZP's costs on inpatient health care reached more than € 815 million, last year it was only € 752 million. The biggest health insurance company decreased its expenses also on pharmaceuticals in 2011, aproximately by the same rate. Otherwise, costs on outpatient care and medical devices increased, in both cases by about 4%.
Talking about the profit prohibition may be misapplied
Statements about the profit prohibition of the insurance companies may be allegedly used against the Slovak Republic. According to advocate Jana Martinková, in case when implementation of the planned measures in legislation sphere will affect the property rights of the shareholders of health insurance companies and there will be further disputes with state, exactly these statements may be used against Slovakia. Shareholders might, according to her, be able to speak about the intention to harm their rights and the real public interest and protection of constitutional rights of policyholders might be unnecessarily pushed into the background.
Fico wants to prohibit the profit once again
Prime Minister Robert Fico asked Minister of Health Zuzana Zvolenská to prepare the legal measure, which would limit the opportunity of profit-making for health insurance companies in accordance with the Constitution as well as with international law. Profit-making has currently two conditions. First one is an obligation to use the profit for creating of reserve fund and second one is mandatory making of reserves for payments of patients on waiting lists.
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