this former mayor Payment by Victor Perez and Hector Castillo, Santa Catarina cost overruns More than 50% hospital services during his administration.
Payment has been made to Top Medical Companies Between September 2015 and September 2021, when the current administration discovered the irregularities, the amount exceeded P231 million.
The company’s charges include tax residence There are inactive episcopal offices, which were in effect until the last month of Pérez’s administration, the end of Castillo’s two three-year terms, from October 2015 to September 2021.
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Last June, after cost overruns were discovered during an audit conducted by the city comptroller’s office in late May. Make payment to Top Medical and They canceled future operations
The amount amounted to 71 million 555,169 pesos.They engage in prohibited behavior
In addition to those found in cost overruns Invoices Submitted by Top Medical The company exercises subrogation through different procedures Provide services to other private hospitalswhich is prohibited under an agreement signed with the municipality of Santa Catarina.
Reporte Índigo looked at the costs to date of some of the entity’s private hospitals to establish Cost overruns by contracting companies By Pérez Castillo.
For example, during an operation thyroidthe invoice issued by Top Medical was 478,000 pesos, while its cost in the market was as high as 72,000 pesos and as low as 25,000 pesos.
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Prominent among the invoices Top Medical submitted to the city were cases such as C-sections for twins, for which they were charged P10.4 million, or P9.8 million for severe pneumonia. COVID-19 infection.
The company also performed an uncomplicated caesarean section for the mother at a cost of P272,945.94.
Both surgeries are more expensive because of complications, the company said.
According to him signing the contract The company contracts with the municipal government of Santa Catarina and Top Medical to provide hospital medical services to bureaucrats because the governments led by Pérez and Castillo do not have the capacity or facilities to provide these services.
However, this company Providing subrogation services to hospitals Examples include the Swiss Hospital, the San Jorge Hospital, the Conchita Hospital and the Christus Muguerza Sur Hospital, despite the fact that the contract with the municipality prohibits this, except in exceptional cases, which the municipality analyzes in advance.
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People who use these services have commented that they are served directly from municipal clinic Provide information to private hospitals contracted by Top Medical to perform surgeries.
As a result of this practice, 10 employee Members of the Municipal Clinic, including its former director José Antonio Jaime Cruz fired.
they deny the facts
Victor Perez and Hector Castillo both deny they overpaid medical procedures Provided by Top Medical.
Castillo assured that the company did not inflate prices based on an internal audit investigation. Municipal Audit Bureau
although he acknowledged that prices may rise as the company gives credit Pay for medical services.The former National Police mayor said complications arose in some cases and that was the reason for the accounts, although he did not clarify what happened in the cases. standard procedure This results in additional costs based on other market prices.
Perez confirmed that this was a political issue, despite the fact that highest medical costs Their cost overruns were over 500%.