Berlin hospital dispute: Health Senator Czyborra signals willingness to talk to for grants to Vivantes

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Zuschüsse an Vivantes – Czyborra signalisiert Gesprächsbereitschaft im Berliner Krankenhaus-Streit Nach langem Streit drohen 30 Krankenhäuser in Berlin dem Senat jetzt mit einer Klage. Sie werfen dem Senat vor, die Sonderzuschüsse für die landeseigenen Vivantes-Kliniken seien ungerecht und möglicherweise auch rechtlich nicht zulässig. Im Streit um die Finanzierung der Berliner Krankenhäuser und den millionenschweren Zuschüssen für den landeseigenen Konzern Vivantes hat Gesundheitssenatorin Ina Czyborra (SPD) Gesprächsbereitschaft signalisiert. Sie betonte, dass Berlin „alle Träger und die Vielfalt in der Berliner Krankenhauslandschaft“ brauche. Sie setze auf die Dialogbereitschaft der rund 30 Berliner Krankenhausbetreiber, die dem Senat im Juli mit einer Klage gedroht …
Grants to Vivantes-Czyborra signals a willingness to talk in the Berlin hospital dispute after a long dispute, 30 hospitals in Berlin are now threatening the Senate with a lawsuit. They accuse the Senate that the special subsidies for the state-owned Vivantes clinics are unjust and possibly not legally permitted. In the dispute over the financing of Berlin hospitals and the multi -million dollar grants for the state -owned group Vivantes, Health Senator Ina Czyborra (SPD) signaled willingness to talk. She emphasized that Berlin needed "all sponsors and the diversity in the Berlin hospital landscape". She relies on the dialogue readiness of the approximately 30 Berlin hospital operators who threatened the Senate in July with a lawsuit ... (Symbolbild/MB)

grants to Vivantes-Czyborra signals willingness to talk in the Berlin hospital dispute

After a long dispute, 30 hospitals in Berlin are now threatening the Senate with a lawsuit. They accuse the Senate that the special subsidies for the state-owned Vivantes clinics are unjust and possibly not legally permitted.

In the dispute over the financing of Berlin hospitals and the multi -million dollar grants for the state -owned group Vivantes, Health Senator Ina Czyborra (SPD) signaled willingness to talk. She emphasized that Berlin needed "all sponsors and the diversity in the Berlin hospital landscape". She relies on the dialogue willingness of the approximately 30 Berlin hospital operators who threatened the Senate in July.

The hospitals criticize the country's special grants to Vivantes from 2019 to 2022 in the amount of over 500 million euros and the almost 225 million euros in the current budget to compensate for the group's deficits. They see it a distortion of competition and a violation of the principle of equal treatment.

The hospitals have prepared a application that is to be submitted to the administrative court at the end of August if the Senate does not give in. Among other things, it should be checked whether the special grants to Vivantes are compatible with EU law.

An agreement by the end of the month is not possible, according to Czyborra, since the parliament as legislature only returns from the summer break in September. However, the senator generally defended that the state of Berlin will support Vivantes financially. She emphasized that health care in the city must be ensured and that Vivantes is required.

The chairman of the management of the DRK Kliniken Berlin, Christian Friese, demanded that all hospitals in Berlin should receive the same financial resources. As a hospital planning authority, the Senate is responsible for all clinics and hospitals, and the Hospital Finance Act also provides equal treatment.

The managing director of the private hospital group Sana, Michael Kabiersch, sees the grants for Vivantes, a distortion of competition, especially for staff. Thanks to the grants, Vivantes could afford a relief agreement that many other hospitals could not afford. As a result, Vivantes can return benefits with high occupancy, but this leads to an additional burden on the other hospitals.

The around 30 mostly freed-of-freed-use hospitals, which face the Senate with a lawsuit, include the clinics of Caritas and Johannessstift Diakonie as well as the Jewish Hospital and the Schlosspark Clinic, and also the clinics of the private hospital group Sana.

It remains to be hoped that a mutual solution can be found between the Senate and the hospitals in order to avert the lawsuit. The hospitals demand that all carriers are involved in the same extent in the grants.

Source: RBB24 evening show, 01.08.2023, 7:30 p.m.