Dispute over emergency service costs: False trips are calling for a solution in Brandenburg!

Dispute over emergency service costs: False trips are calling for a solution in Brandenburg!

Märkisch-Oderland, Deutschland - in Brandenburg it is bubbling in the area of the emergency services. The dispute between health insurance companies and the districts as well as independent cities has noticeably worsened in the past few weeks. The main quotation is so -called "false trips" in which patients are not transported to a hospital. This not only causes confusion, but also financial burdens from the municipalities concerned. Like Tagesspiegel refuse to cover the costs for these misconducts, which leads to the district Märkisch-Oderland sent fee notices to citizens who have called an ambulance.

After intensive negotiations, however, the dispute was solved by a compromise - thanks to the mediation of Minister of Health Britta Müller. The health insurance companies have temporarily agreed to cover the costs for false trips. Nevertheless, the fundamental dispute over the financing remains unresolved. The state parliament emphasizes the Federal Government to quickly adopt the "Law on the Reform of Emergency Care" in order to create a federal law regulation for misconduct in the emergency services.

an urgent need for action

The situation in the emergency services is not only a hot iron in Brandenburg. More and more voices from the state parliament, such as those of SPD MP Julia Sahi, emphasize that the emergency services should be free of charge for the citizens. At the same time, BSW MP Jouleen Gruhn criticizes that despite the increasing number of missions in which patients are not in mortal danger, medical treatments are not financed on site. These challenges are increasingly burdening the counties and cities.

In addition, the MPs require a federal law regulation to recognize and pay for the care of patients in emergency practices and the support of telemedical care approaches. These areas are not taken into account in the current law and therefore urgently need to revise.

The reform requirement is loudly

The current regulation in the German health system stipulates that only transport to the hospital is paid, but not the medical services actually performed. This leads to unnecessary hospital transports that many patients use without a medical necessity. The Steiger Foundation points out that it is time to include the emergency treatment as an independent performance segment in social legislation.

A proposal was also brought to gain a dual financing in which the investment costs are borne by the federal states and the ongoing operating costs by statutory health insurance (GKV). These considerations are important to ensure a nationwide uniform quality of care.