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Hospitals cancel withdrawal from healthcare program
As many as 14 private hospitals that previously expressed their intention to withdraw from the Kartu Jakarta Sehat (KJS) healthcare program are now saying that they will stay following the city administrationâs plan to evaluate the program
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s many as 14 private hospitals that previously expressed their intention to withdraw from the Kartu Jakarta Sehat (KJS) healthcare program are now saying that they will stay following the city administration's plan to evaluate the program.
'The 14 hospitals have agreed to stay with us and we are going to thoroughly evaluate the whole program within the next month,' Jakarta Health Agency head Dien Emmawati said on Wednesday.
Dien referred to the Indonesia Case Based Groups (INA CBG), a reimbursement system applied by the Social Security Providers (BPJS) in the national healthcare program (Jamkesmas). The system obliges the same price for KJS patients with similar symptoms, which has raised objections from private hospitals that urged pay-per-service instead of the flat price system.
To date, up to Rp 1.2 trillion of KJS funds is being managed by state health insurer PT Askes.
The hospitals that have canceled their withdrawal are Bunda Suci Hospital, Mulya Sari Hospital, Satya NegaraHospital, Firdaus Respiratory Hospital, Sukapura Islamic Hospital, Husada Hospital, Sumber Waras Hospital, SukaMulya Hospital, Port Medical Hospital, Puri Mandiri KedoyaHospital, Tria Dipa Hospital, Jakarta Medical Center (JMC)Hospital, Mediros Hospital and Restu Mulya Hospital.
Meanwhile, two hospitals'Thamrin and Admira'have submitted official withdrawal requests. Dien emphasized that the agency and the Health Ministrywould not increase the individual monthly premium'which currently stands at Rp 23,000 (US$2.37), already higher than that of the national healthcare program, which is set at Rp 15,700.(dic)
