The Zielona Góra Agreement Federation submits a complaint to the Minister of Health against the president of the National Health Fund for the lack of money for pay rises. Doctors also complain to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection about the blackmail on the part of the National Health Fund.
The Zielona Góra Agreement versus the National Health Fund
Published Sept. 5, 2022 08:36
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The dispute between doctors associated in the FPZ and the National Health Fund has been going on for several weeks - the doctors signed annexes provided to them by the Fund, but canceled the change of the notice period (from 45 to 90 days). As they have repeatedly explained, such a change requires the consent of both parties to the contract - because the notice period was agreed during earlier discussions and negotiations on the terms of the provision of services by doctors. Meanwhile, the Fund unilaterally changed this period and does not accept the annexes with the point deleted. And, as doctors say, although it can (and should) donate funds for increases, it does not.
The agreement informed the minister that POZ service providers facing the wall are considering the termination of contracts for the provision of benefits with immediate effect, pursuant to § 37 of the GTC (failure to pay the full amounts of remuneration for the next two reporting periods). They are also planning to file lawsuits for payment of the remuneration due to them, unpaid by the National Health Fund (they have already sent requests for payment to the Fund). They also plan to complain, inter alia, To the Ombudsman for Patients' Rights and the Ombudsman, as well as to inform the prime minister and the president about the situation.
The Zielona Góra Agreement also notified the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. "The activities of the National Health Fund undoubtedly bear the characteristics of an abuse of a dominant position on the market within the meaning of Art. 9 of the Act on Competition and Consumer Protection ”- we read in the letter. - NFZ imposes on health care providers to change the termination period for contracts, without this change (without signing annexes to contracts taking into account this change) and not paying increased rates of remuneration - the doctors explain.
The Zielona Góra Agreement warns that the failure to pay the funds due to employees of medical facilities (in connection with the entry into force of the act on minimum wages in health care) may quickly translate into a deterioration in the availability of services for patients - clinics will have to reduce employment.
