33 cases of dead people still going to see a doctor using health insurance cards discovered
33 cases were still registered for medical examination and treatment despite their death. Among them, the patient in Ha Tinh died of kidney failure in June 2019, but then still had 12 more medical examinations.
Recently, Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has discovered many irregularities in medical examination and treatment and health insurance payment in many provinces, including 33 cases that were still registered for medical examination and treatment despite having died.
Specifically, there were 4 cases where payment requests were continued after the patient died at Thanh Nhan Hospital, Hanoi; Hung Nhan General Hospital, Thai Binh; and Ha Tinh General Hospital.
At Ha Tinh General Hospital, a patient with card code NHT2424216451XXX who had to undergo dialysis died on June 2, but the file continued to request the Social Insurance to pay for 12 medical examinations and treatments from June 3 to June 28 with a total amount of more than 8.5 million VND.
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| The patient on dialysis died, but Ha Tinh General Hospital still recorded 12 more visits and treatments.Illustration photo. |
Two other cases at Binh Dinh General Hospital and Nghe An 115 Hospital overstated medical examination and treatment costs. The patient died at home, but hospital staff continued to record the indication for hemodialysis and red blood cell growth drugs on the patient's medical record to request health insurance payment.
Another case was registered by the family for medical examination and treatment, but in reality the patient died at home without coming for examination, but the Phu Ninh District Medical Center, Phu Tho, still created a health insurance payment record.
In addition, 26 other cases used the health insurance cards of deceased relatives to continue to seek medical examination and treatment at medical facilities.
The Social Insurance Agency also discovered many cases of borrowing other people's health insurance cards to go to the doctor. In particular, in Ca Mau, there was a case of lending the card to two people.
With a series of irregularities in medical examination and treatment, the Social Insurance Agency requests the Ministry of Health to review and strictly handle them according to regulations, and at the same time take measures to rectify and prevent acts of profiteering and health insurance fraud.
