A ambulance in Brandenburg remain free of charge: agreement reaches!

A ambulance in Brandenburg remain free of charge: agreement reaches!

Brandenburg, Deutschland - In Brandenburg, trips with the ambulance will remain free of charge. This was achieved after months of intensive negotiations between the counties and health insurance companies. Minister of Health Britta Müller (non -party, for BSW) confirmed the agreement that leads to the previous regulations for rescue operations to be revised. Eight counties have agreed on a new calculation basis for the necessary rescue operations.

However, the controversial handling of empty journeys of ambulances is not taken into account. Both sides are currently waiting for a decision by the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court (OVG), which has to be decided against the fee statute of the district of Teltow-Fläming. Since January 1, health insurance companies have only supported the emergency services with fixed flat rates for missions, which leads to increasing uncertainty among the counties.

conflicts and solutions

The districts Barnim, Oberhavel, Märkisch-Oderland, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Oder-Spree, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Teltow-Fläming and Spree-Neisse had not yet reached an agreement with the health insurance companies. The district council described the applicable flat rates as illegal. The district of Märkisch-Oderland in particular sent fee notices to patients in March, which led to a protest. In a meeting with Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD), a peace obligation was agreed that did not allow it to send cost notices to citizens during this period. This obligation to peace ended on Monday.

Through the fixed amounts of the health insurance companies, the counties are experiencing ever larger loss of income. The discussion about the financing of emergency services is not new. Brandenburg counties warn of conflicts with the health insurance companies that refuse to take over the takeover for so -called false trips, even if the emergency call was chosen in a good faith. The chairman of the district council, Siegurd Heinze, emphasizes the essential meaning of the emergency call without the citizens having to worry about the costs.

The financial basis of the emergency services

The financing of the emergency services in Brandenburg is anchored in the Rescue Service Act (RDG). Among other things, cost negotiations with the health insurance companies, the payers, are discussed. Every year, all necessary costs for the operation of the emergency services - including rescue guards, vehicles and staff - are determined and calculated. Certain special projects are financed by public funds, donations and own funds.

Currently eleven of 19 counties and independent cities apply the new fee model that concern the legal framework for the financing of emergency services. Minister of Health Müller criticizes that fee notices of patients are anti -social and socio -political. She appeals to the counties to perceive their responsibility and continue negotiations with the health insurance companies in order to ensure the financial basis of the emergency services.

The negotiations and the upcoming court decisions will be crucial to ensure the optimal care of the citizens and to minimize the financial burden on the counties. This topic is still the focus of Brandenburg's political discussion.

For more information on the details of the funding of the emergency services in Germany, readers can visit the website DRK.

also follow the developments about this conflict in Brandenburg on rbb24 and and [Nordkurier] (https://www.nordkurier.de/regional/brandenburg/landkreis-und-krankenkassen-striten-tubern-fuer-Rettungsein- 3402537).