No pre-payments in health care

[NewsWhore]

The Superintendent of Health Care for Workers (Sisalril) has ordered all Health Care Managers (ARS or HMOs) to guarantee Health Care Providers that are under contract to their plans to prohibit any pre-payment for services under the Family Health Program (SFS). The new disposition is part of Resolution 156-08 which also requires the HMOs to make sure that clients are not denied service because they refuse to make a deposit or pre-payment. The superintendent, Fernando Caamano, told Listin Diario that the measure was adopted after his office received several complaints that service was being denied due to lack of pre-payments. Caamano called the practice "abusive and unacceptable." He pointed out that everyone who is affiliated with the SFS program is protected by Law 87-01, and that an affiliate only has to make a co-payment upon release from the hospital.

More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)