Senasa garners pharmacies

[NewsWhore]

The National Health Insurance group (SENASA), a government-sponsored HMO, has received hundreds of requests from the National Pharmacy Union to become affiliated under the Family Health Insurance Program (SFS). This is an important step forward for the program, since pharmacy owners have been reticent to take part in the program due to the payment schedules offered by the HMOs. The head of SENASA, Dr Altagracia Guzman Marcelino said that her group was receiving affiliation requests from all over the country after a newspaper announcement outlining the requirements was placed in papers last 10 November. The Pharmacy Union has over 3,000 affiliates in the country, and, so far, some 700 have presented their credentials to SENASA.

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