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Prosecutor asks ANS control caesarean paid in private health plans

27/08/2010

 
Carriers must provide the percentage of caesarean sections and normal deliveries made by doctors and hospitals
 
The Federal Public Ministry (MPF) in São Paulo has filed a lawsuit that the National Agency for Supplementary Health (ANS) regulates the caesarean funded by private health plans.

On the proposal of the MPF, on request, carriers must provide the percentage of caesarean sections and normal deliveries made by doctors and hospitals paid by the plan last year.

Another proposal is that the NSA determines higher remuneration to be paid by the plan to the physician who opt for vaginal delivery compared to cesarean section. With the move, the MPF wants to reduce the number of caesarean sections performed in private clinics and hospitals, which exceeds the recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Data from the Ministry of Health in 2008 show that 43% of births are cesarean sections in the country. In public health, the percentage drops to 34%, according to a survey of National Health System (SUS), made last year. In contrast, represent 80% of caesarean births in private institutions. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that cesarean rates should not exceed 15% of all births.

According to the MPF, the high rate is because most doctors paid by the plans are not normal births - which is a more time-consuming and professionals receive the same amount for a caesarean. "The monitoring of a normal delivery is considerably slower than the performance of a cesarean section. It is evident, therefore, the financial disadvantage of the trader who is willing to normal deliveries, receiving by an average of eight hours of work the same as a colleague who only do scheduled cesarean, which last about an hour, "says the MPF in action.


Source: People Online

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