Quick test on the market square, in the bar: the simple concept of the test centers has its pitfalls.
more and more cases of fraud are discovered.
Now Spahn's ministry wants a new strategy.
Berlin - The criticism of Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) is growing.
There have already been raids in corona test centers in several federal states, and the authorities are investigating numerous cases of fraud.
Now the Federal Ministry of Health wants to present a new ordinance that changes the framework for test centers.
Die
Welt
publishes the key points paper - which at the beginning praises the success of the test centers: low-threshold access, no costs for citizens, more opening steps.
The ministry can do all of this because the federal government has taken on the costs.
"As a result of this pragmatic approach, over 15,000 test sites have been created in Germany for these free citizen tests," says the key issues paper.
And it could actually have been so nice: Before traveling, shopping or going to the theater, you can have yourself tested in the tent next to the supermarket, on the market square or in a bar that is currently closed.
Hardly any bureaucracy - and that in Germany.
Corona rapid tests: This is what Spahn's plans for the future of the test centers look like
Fraud in test centers should be made much more difficult.
Authorities or doctors are already allowed to operate the centers - and other operators if the authorities assume that the tests will be carried out properly.
In detail, the regulations of the key issues paper look like this:
The criteria for proper implementation are made stricter.
The centers must connect to the RKI's corona warning app.
General decrees from the federal states are no longer possible; the centers must be commissioned individually by the health authorities.
Remuneration: Centers should only receive 8 euros per smear instead of 12 to 15 euros, the remuneration for the material will be halved to 3 euros.
Controls: The health insurances responsible for billing are given more control options, collective bills for supra-regional providers are no longer possible, the receipts must be kept until 2024.
Spahn wants to present key points paper for corona test centers at the beginning of the week
According to
Welt,
there are test sites that earned 170,000 euros in May alone, without any fraud.
The operators will earn almost half with just a single test when the new ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Health comes.
And since with falling incidences far fewer rapid tests are necessary - for example for shopping, visiting the hairdresser or staying overnight in a hotel - some operators should actually consider whether to continue.
According to the key points paper, over 15,000 test sites have been created since the end of March - the majority work “properly, with great commitment and the necessary quality”. The costs for the rapid tests are already enormous. How much exactly is difficult to understand. In Bavaria alone, the costs are said to have been 120 million euros by mid-May. Jens Spahn also sees himself exposed to clear criticism in the affair about inferior masks.
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