“False Acts and Overcharging Costs Social Security 150 Million Euros – Investigation Targets Deviant Eye Centers”

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False acts wrongly billed to Social Security, for a total damage amounting to 150 million euros. These “deviant” eye centers are in the sights of justice.

By Marc Payet

Ct is not because the facades are gleaming that the quality is guaranteed inside. The scandal of scams in “deviant” ophthalmic health centers is taking on a new dimension.

The D^r Thierry Bour, president of the National Syndicate of Ophthalmologists of France, estimates today at the Point that “the amount of damage amounts to 150 million euros”. The Health Insurance is conducting a whole series of investigations into these centers, and the criminal justice system is also seized. “We estimate that around forty of these ophthalmic health centers are affected by these deviant practices. Sometimes there are no health professionals, sometimes these are acts that are overcharged, we are still only at the beginning of this extraordinary affair, ”says Thierry Bour.READ ALSO Appointment…