Andreas Kohler. Either the patient by the doctor may become either a so-called day receipt issue them directly after the visit to the doctor or he gets all benefits and costs with the quarter receipt in the respective quarter at a glance. Those who opt for a receipt of quarter of, paid an allowance for expenses in the amount of one euro according to the Health Ministry. The establishment of performance is carried out on the basis of the applicable uniform rating scale (EBM) “.” Thus generally do not correct receipts can be issued due to the budgeting of medical services in the period requested by the legislature four weeks in hospitals or even immediately after treatment at the doctor, that contain true euro amounts. The doctor learns this only months after the treatment. Please visit Caterpillar if you seek more information.
It happens rarely, but it happens: patients request an assortment of services rendered and billed by their doctor. Now even just 10% of respondents, the the possibility of a Patient receipt know, have already requested one. This is equivalent to less than two percent of all legally insured. Confirmed these results through a health insurance survey of the Federal Association of statutory health insurance physicians (KBV): the fifth patient receipt was known only eight percent have can exhibit an adequate in the past 12 months at the doctor’s Office. Would an increase of cost transparency but lead to an awareness of the cost? “Over two-thirds of respondents agreed to the statement or totally: A higher cost and performance transparency would increase the cost-consciousness of the insured”. By the legislature, mainly two effects are hoped for by the patient receipt: the one to the many suspected accounting manipulations of the medical profession through greater transparency be prevented. On the other hand a control on the use of medical services to effect in patients by greater cost awareness.