The determination of the level of reimbursement requires simplification

– The current system of reimbursement of medicines, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, according to which the person issuing the prescription is responsible for determining the level of payment, is dysfunctional! – warn doctors in a letter to Adam Niedzielski, the Minister of Health, Healthcare Employers' Agreement. The PPOZ doctors also turned to Bartłomiej Chmielowiec, Patient's Rights Ombudsman, and Łukasz Jankowski, President of the Supreme Medical Council, for support in sorting out an important topic. – Determining the amount of drug reimbursement requires simplification and automation! – justify in the letters sent.

– Currently, this obligation forces physicians (and other prescribers) to time-consuming verification of payment levels. In the event of a shortage of medical sta...