The Health Insurance would closely examine the activity of the analysis laboratories.
And for good reason, with the health crisis and the numerous tests carried out, this sector garnered no less than 9.4 billion euros in 2021, an increase of 35.2% compared to 2020, report our colleagues from Les
Echos
.
Thus, the Social Security financing bill, which will be presented on September 26, could include a plan of 200 million euros in savings in this sector.
If the professionals expected such news, the Health Insurance having already proposed “a financial regulation of the sector” during the summer, they fear however a fall in the prices of the acts reimbursed.
“Biologists recall that they have been present throughout the health crisis, that they do not choose the prices and that they do not control demand”, assures the Association for the Progress of Medical Biology (APBM ), quoted by BFM Business.
Profitability of more than 20%
On the health insurance side, the specialists have mainly analyzed that the analysis laboratories had posted a profitability of more than 20% between 2019 and 2020, which also means that the investments made to carry out the Covid-19 tests have been amortized. .
The president of the union of biologists, François Blanchecotte, regretted that they were passed off as "crisis profiteers" when they responded "when the public authorities needed us".
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