Paraguay
Deputies Request Data from IPS and Health Ministry Over Outsourced Studies with Meprotec
The Chamber of Deputies approved two information requests to learn the scope and cost of diagnostic imaging services contracted by the IPS and the Ministry of Public Health. According to La Nación Paraguay, one of the agreements in force at Health has been in effect since February 2024.
The Chamber of Deputies approved two information requests addressed to the Social Security Institute and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare regarding outsourced diagnostic imaging services with Medicina Profesional Tecnológica, Meprotec, according to La Nación Paraguay.
One of the requests is aimed at the IPS and seeks details on the different specialties of studies carried out through that firm for social security beneficiaries. It also asks for the number of patients treated in the institute’s hospitals, broken down by medical specialty, and the cost of each study.
The other request is addressed to the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare. According to La Nación Paraguay, in this case the outsourcing agreement has been in force since February 2024. The request includes data on the number of patients treated, the type of studies performed and the costs of each service.
Both initiatives seek to determine which services are provided through outsourcing, under what conditions they are delivered and what resources public agencies allocate to those contracts.
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