Bundesrat takes action against test abuse

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According to the latest information, it concerns suspected fraud in the order of magnitude of at least 1.8 million francs. The Federal Public Service of Public Health (BAG) has already made an unknown number of statements about alleged wrongful invoices. In addition, according to the information, criminal proceedings have been initiated. Further such steps cannot be ruled out in the future.

At the beginning of March it was already known that the federal government was taking action against service providers for alleged incorrect invoices after alleged Covid 19 tests. It concerned invoices that were incorrectly issued in connection with test costs.

During the corona pandemic, some test centers invoiced incorrectly or twice. In September, financial control reprimanded the federal government for not doing enough to curb the abuse. In 2020 and 2021, the federal government funded test costs amounting to 2.7 billion francs. He took over the costs, which were declared to the health insurer.

According to the information, the BAG has formed a team to evaluate suspicious cases and recover amounts wrongly paid. Among other things, the federal government carried out cross-sectional analyzes of the service providers. In doing so, she came across deviations in certain areas. This resulted, among other things, in an in-depth investigation of a “very small number” of service providers. Accordingly, they had accounted for a disproportionately high proportion of “detailed doctor-patient conversations”.

In recent years, cases of incorrectly billed corona tests have been reported in the media. According to this statement, thousands of policyholders have had Covid 19 tests listed on their health insurance statements that they never would have done.

(SDA)

Source:Blick