The Attorney General’s Office made a statement of positions against the former executive president of the new health promoter company SA, Nueva EPS, José Fernando Cardona Uribe, for the alleged authorization of the execution of a voluntary savings plan called “Semilla Plan”, with a value exceeding $ 1 billion, charged to the resources of the Capitation Payment Unit (UPC).
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According to the control entity, The investigation focuses on whether Cardona Uribe incurred a different destination of the resources that legal and constitutionally they could only go to health insurance. The Attorney General’s Office indicated that the measure adopted by the then manager was carried out within the framework of Validity 2020.
The delegated Attorney’s Office for the Economy and the Public Finance said that, apparently, the disciplinary “It ignored that the money that it endorsed, corresponding to the initiative called ‘Semilla Plan’, legally and constitutionally could only be used for health insurance.”
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Alleged diversion of resources
The control entity explained that the resources questioned would have been willing to support the “seed plan”, a voluntary savings mechanism that exceeded $ 1 billion. This amount would have been charged to the Capitation Payment Unit, which is the money for the State to guarantee the health care of the affiliates to the system.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, “The official possibly chose to classify the expense incurred, with the previously referred amount, within the administrative component, which could transgress several rules.” The decision to reclassify the use of money under an administrative item is one of the aspects that are part of disciplinary research.
The Capitation Payment Unit constitutes the financing mechanism through which The health services of the users of the contributory and subsidized regime in the country are paid. Therefore, the use of these resources is strictly regulated and can only be oriented to the guarantee of health insurance.
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The flow of resources to the hospital and complementary public network within territorial management will be prioritized.
Cesar Melgarejo – Portfolio
Very serious disciplinary fault
The Attorney General’s Office said that with the action attributed to the former director, Cardona Uribe would have broken principles that govern the public function. According to the entity, “Cardona Uribe would have broken the principle of morality that governs the public function, so that provisionally he described his alleged behavior as very serious disciplinary lack committed by way of very serious guilt.”
The formulation of the specifications is the initial step within the disciplinary process, in which it will be determined if the former president of the new EPS incurred an improper destination of resources that were aimed at guaranteeing the provision of health services.
Paula Galeano Balaguera
Portfolio journalist
