Colombian government takes control of the New EPS after controversial intervention by Sanitas

The state Health Superintendency (Supersalud) took control of the healthcare provider entity (EPS) this Wednesday New EPSthe one with the most affiliates in Colombiaafter the controversial intervention of Toilets due to alleged insolvency in the crisis faced by several companies in the sector.

The information was confirmed by the health superintendent, Luís Carlos Lealat a press conference this Wednesday in Bogotáwhere it indicated that it is “responsibility” from the Superhealth “ensuring that health resources reach where they need to go and that people’s fundamental right to health is respected“, so they intervened again in this EPS who is accused of “financial default”.

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New EPS has 10.9 million users, while Toilets It has almost 6 million people affiliated in Colombia.

“It is important again to make it clear that both in the case of Sanitas and Nueva EPS the intention and the measure adopted is a measure of forced special administrative intervention to manage“, explained Leal, who did not rule out that more interventions could be carried out.

This does not mean, on the other hand, that “No person working at EPS will be fired, none of EPS will be liquidated, nor will contracts with service providers be breached or affected.”.

In turn, the Minister of Health, Guilhermo Alfonso Jaramilloreturned to convey a message of “tranquility“to all users of these entities and regretted that there is a situation”structural and serious”in the Colombian healthcare system.

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“We want to safeguard the health of Colombians, not as a business, but as a fundamental right“, insisted the minister.

The intervention, for a period of one year, was announced by the Health Superintendency alleging alleged insolvency of Sanitas, based “failure to meet financial qualification requirements and other factors”, as its debts until December totaled more than two trillion pesos (about 524 million dollars).

However, the intervention at Sanitas “take administrative control and correct some of the administrative errors”, was criticized by several sectors who consider it to be revenge by the Government against private companies for the collapse in Congress of its controversial health reform, concluded this afternoon.

Source: Elcomercio

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