Recently examined Hello emergency care scheme in Oslo. They operate according to the same model as Bergen. The conclusion there was that the Damage Service is run in violation of the regulations, NRK wrote earlier this spring.
This led to the Skadepoliklinikken in Bergen also being investigated.
Now Helfo has concluded that the Skadepoliklinikken is run illegally and that Helse Bergen must repay NOK 18 million within a month.
This is reported by Bergens Tidende.
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Thinks the emergency room model in Bergen is illegal: – Will lead to double queues and double expenses
This is money that Helse Bergen has received in reimbursement for deductibles for patients who are children or who have a free card.
Since 2018, the emergency care system in Bergen has been twofold:
- Bergen municipality runs the emergency room. They mainly accept patients who are ill.
- Helse Bergen runs the Accident and Injury Clinic. They mainly accept patients with acute injuries.
– If decision remains, it will fail under the conditions for the operation of the Accident and Injury Clinic. This will lead to patients having to wait in two queues and pay the deductible twice, Kjell Matre told BA two weeks ago.
He is clinic director at the Orthopedic Clinic at Haukeland University Hospital and senior manager of the Trauma Clinic at Bergen Health Center.
Matre tells BT that the hospital management will discuss the next step, but that he expects they will appeal the decision, as Oslo University Hospital has done.
