A meeting was requested with President Gustavo Petro and with the Ministers of Labor, Education and Finance.
The Minister of Education, Daniel Rojas Medellín, held a meeting with the Fecode Executive Committee with The purpose of reviewing the progress of the new health system for the country’s teachers, as well as other issues such as the teaching ranks and the competence law.
During the meeting, Daniel Rojas heard the concerns of the representatives of the Magisterium, who They insisted on the need for the new model to guarantee timely care, comprehensive coverage and free choice of health services providing institutions (IPS).
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“We have heard some concerns that teachers have in the face of the implementation of the new model particularly in what has to do with the provision of the service that the new model implies that any teacher freely any teacher and their families can choose the IPS that require or that need to be close to them and this IPS can provide the service,” said Rojas.
In addition, he stressed that the fiduprevisora will have to publicly present the guidelines of the model, Show the advances in the tariff manual, which seeks to avoid cost overruns, and ensure that resources flow promptly to the providers.
The minister also said that this week will be convened to the Board of Directors of the Social Benefits Fund of the Magisterium (FOMAG), so that all the operational aspects of this new system are detailed. The objective is to avoid any interruption in care and ensure that clinics, hospitals or IPS cannot reject users.
At the meeting, the strengthening of the Occupational Health Component was also discussed, which will be a priority in the new scheme and is expected to be approved in the next Board of Directors.
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For its part, Domingo Ayala, president of FECODE, He valued the government’s disposition to listen to the guild’s concerns.
“We aspire that as of August 1, we have resolved the health contracts and the tariff manual, it is important as the knowledge that is had in the regions so that the teachers, in what has to do with the first level, can freely choose according to the providers are public or private,” he said.
Additionally, a meeting of President Gustavo Petro was requested with the Ministers of Labor, Education and Finance, with the additional participation of the Minister of Health as a technical advisor
Source: Integrated information system
