Health Insurance Organisation
The Health Insurance Organisation is a state agency which runs the healthcare system in Cyprus. It administers the funds which pays for the Gesy system.
It negotiates with the Cyprus Medical Association.[1]
It was criticised by the official audit in 2018 which said that “Execution of important projects that are necessary for the implementation of the Gesy like reorganization/autonomy of state hospitals, which should have been handled as a matter of priority have been greatly delayed.” No criteria were in place for selecting overseas centres to which patients would be sent for treatments not available on the island. Most patients were sent to UK, Germany, Greece, and Israel but the financial arrangements were unsatisfactory. In 2016 276 patients were sent to Germany at a cost of about €5.2 million, and 426 to Greece at a cost of about €3 million. [2]
References
- ^ "Health Minister calls foul on medical association for not playing ball on Gesy". Cyprus Mail. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Health ministry 'measures to boost staffing' focused on satisfying demands of doctors and nurses, audit shows". Cyprus Mail. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.