The meeting allowed to define that this table will be permanent and that there will be strict monitoring to the cases.
He National Health Superintendent, Giovanny Rubiano García, He announced that he will maintain a permanent dialogue table with the different associations that represent patients suffering from orphan, high -cost and chronic diseases, for Solve medication shortages problems In the country.
The official said He had the possibility to listen to those involved and publicize the medium -term solutions in which the entity has been working with the EPS intervenedto address the claims of patients due to medicines and access to health technologies.
“There are many problems, but also many opportunities. We are going to work on the solutions and make a weekly evaluation of the cases that are critical, ”said the superintendent.
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Rubiano explained that “The dialogue table with the Supersalud will seek short and medium term solutions, for access to medications for chronic, high -cost patients and orphan diseases. ”
He pointed out that within the issues that will be contemplated in these permanent meetings are the Identification of critical molecules, the review of the authorizations process for chronic diseases and other more structural solutions such as centralized purchases of medicines by intervened EPS.
The evaluation of the logistics and dispensing of medicines will also be analyzed, among others. “These last two have been analyzed by the Superintendency with the intervened EPS, so We will solve the day to day with specific cases and move forward in structural solutions, which are the causes, ”said the Superintendent of Health.
The official said that The associations are not using the mipres, which prevents a real monitoring of the services that are not contemplated in the health benefit plan.
“They also pointed out that the EPS cannot present the applications of their invoices, because Pharmaceutical managers do not load information and this prevents EPS from reviewing those services and make the respective applications, ”he said.
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According to Rubiano, the meeting is agreed with participating associations to monitor weekly cases that are considered critical.
“In a Continuous cycle in which pharmaceutical and EPS managers and operators seem to solve delivery timely medicines for the non -payment of accumulated debts and current debts, among other factors, It is expected to look for solutions to the structural causes that are affecting the purchase and delivery of medicines by the intervened EPS To the patients, ”he added.
Source: Integrated information system
