Health published the new order of prices of healthcare services.

Madrid, April of 2013- the Ministry of health of the community of Madrid has spread, through the resolution 95/2013 posted in the official newsletter of the community of Madrid on March 27, the new public prices for the provision of services and health activities of the network of centres of the Ministry of health. Both the resolution and the list are fully accessible through www.madrid.org.

The new listing is in period of allegations during 15 days, after which it will be approved. This price list is used in the event that assistance to be billed to insurance companies or other third parties who must pay, according to mark the current regulations, and contributes to the sustainability of the health system. It should be recalled that article 1 of the General Law of Health indicates that all Spaniards and foreign citizens with residence in the country have the right to the protection of the health and health care.

Thus, included, among other cases, accidents at work or occupational disease by the mutual of accidents and professional illnesses of the Social Security; accidents or diseases covered by different insurance companies, traffic accidents of vehicle engine, school insurance, compulsory insurance of federated and professional athletes, travelers insurance or of hunting, among others. Also, these prices apply for billing Intercentre of hospitals outsourced management.

The billing of these services is articulated through the article 83 of the General health law, which provides that revenue from health care in cases of compulsory insurance special and in all those cases, insured or not, he appears a third party obliged to pay, shall be the corresponding health service income.

Today’s prices in force were approved in August of 2009 which, in turn, replaced those who settled in February 2005. The public pricing is based on analytical accounting information systems and in the exploitation of the data base clinical and administrative core minimum set of data (MBDS). The price tables classified activities according to develop specialized care, primary care centres and other centres. In the centres of specialized care, in turn, are considered activities related to the activity of the hospitalization, differentiating the ambulatory, as well as techniques and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and other activities not medical in nature. The new list includes cost more than 1,500 processes and assists, 15 euros that are estimated for some analytical evidence to more than 90,000 euros for birth and care of a newborn less than 750 grams.