We will stop treating patients with insurance companies that refuse coverage

Khabarni – The head of the Doctors’ Syndicate, Dr. Ziad Al-Zoubi, said on Tuesday that the decision on medical salary regulations is a legal right of the Doctors’ Syndicate alone, indicating at the same time that he will refrain from ‘ treatment of insured patients. by insurance companies that refuse to treat doctors according to the new salary rules.

The Medical Salary Target Regulations for the year 2024 were published in the Official Gazette on Tuesday evening, and the regulations will come into force 30 days after publication in the Official Gazette They include a 60% salary increase on the 2008 list, divided by a 20% increase after one month, and a 20% increase after one year, and a 20% increase after two years.

Al-Zoubi said that from 2008 until now, insurance companies have raised fees for subscribers without increasing fees for doctors or hospitals.

Al-Zoubi asked: “Is it reasonable for a consulting doctor to charge a patient 6 dinars?”

Al-Zoubi accused insurance companies of “clearly taking advantage of doctors”, pointing out that the union would implement the cooperative fund system.

Al-Zoubi said: “We will stop treating patients with insurance from insurance companies that refuse to deal with us on the new salary list. “

“We are ready to deal with the citizen according to the list of new medical fees and we will give him an invoice to apply to the insurance companies that are trying to throw the ball to the citizen’s court, and did not told him why they have taken up insurance. taxes on it over the past 15 years,” according to Al-Zoubi.

Al-Zoubi spoke about the Minister of Health presenting the salary list to the Federation of Insurance Companies and Private Insurance Association before sending it to the Official Gazette, while the Federation of Insurance Companies confirmed that the new salary list was not approved.

Al-Zoubi called on all references to pay just what the scout confirms.

“We will not submit to the control of insurance companies on the Doctors Syndicate,” according to Al-Zoubi.

When asked if the patient did not receive an invoice or refused to pay the doctor by card, Al-Zoubi said: “We will hold the doctor responsible.”

The Executive Director of the Federation of Jordanian Insurance Companies, Moayad Al-Kalloub, said on Tuesday that the regulations on medical fees published today in the Official Gazette have not been implemented in agreement with the relevant authorities, stressing that the Federation goes to the judges.

The club said, “The wage regulations approved today have not been implemented with the agreement of the relevant authorities to implement them, so their impact on the economic sectors is dire.

Regarding the impact of the new medical salary rules, the club said: “As an insurance sector, we are the last to be affected, and the citizen is the one affected.”