The Hospital Syndicate in Lebanon demanded that a dialysis session be raised to $68 for the hospital after a new mechanism was adopted to price medical supplies needed for dialysis instead of the $62 approved by the Ministry of Health, which is not sufficient to cover the new expenses.
She said in a statement that she “appreciates the tireless efforts made by His Excellency the Minister of Health, which finally led to the start of paying dialysis bills dating back to the beginning of the year 2023 and beyond. This indicates the administrative and financial difficulties he faced, which caused this delay in payment, which in turn resulted in financial suffering.” Great for hospitals. The attendees also appreciated his efforts to secure sufficient funds to continue paying the bills of Ministry of Health patients in general, as well as the supportive efforts made by the Chairman of the Parliamentary Health Committee, Dr. Bilal Abdullah.”
The union also asked the National Social Security Fund to adopt the tariff approved by the Ministry of Health, similar to the rest of the guarantor bodies, which approved it from September 1, 2023, in order to avoid burdening the insured patient with any differences, because the current situation of hospitals does not allow them to bear these differences in prices.
She stressed that “the old bills must be paid immediately by all guarantors, and they also request that the new bills that will be issued starting from September 2023 be paid in a period of time not exceeding a month, so that the hospitals can pay the importers’ bills. Otherwise, the hospitals will be unable to bear the burden.” Longer deadlines for payment because the prices of supplies have quadrupled and there is no ability to pay them if the guarantors do not commit to paying within a month of receiving the invoices, which will inevitably lead to the cessation of providing this service.”
The union demanded that “bill payments be made in the Fresh Lira account so that they can withdraw money and buy cash dollars to pay importers’ bills.”
2023-10-04 07:00:00
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