Few doctors use single prescription forms

[NewsWhore]

Only 1% of the doctors writing prescriptions for the Family Health Insurance program (SFS) are using the Single Forms required by the system. The doctors complain that the prescription forms ask for too much information and the format is too complicated. This information was given to the press by Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero, the president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD). Because the use of the forms is obligatory in order to receive repayment for up to RD$3,000 in medicines per year, patients are not getting the benefits and the HMO providers are pocketing the money. According to Jose Cruz Pichardo of the HMO association (ADARS), the fault does not lie with the HMOs, but rather with the doctors who do not use the proper forms. Cruz Pichardo told Listin Diario reporters that in order to resolve this issue, the HMOs are authorizing the dispatch of medicines without requiring the Single Form, and they just call the doctors to confirm that the patient is insured. During a recent meeting at the Presidential Palace, a commission was given the task of redesigning the form in order to make it easier to use.

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