WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) will investigate the rates of the Curaçao Medical Center (CMC). This was confirmed by the Minister of Health, Environment and Nature (GMN) Dorothy Pietersz-Janga.
The NZa will be assisted by the Curaçao healthcare authority. The Curaçao institute currently does not yet have the expertise to determine maximum rates on the basis of a periodic cost survey. The NZa is in charge of the investigation.
The Curaçao Medical Center (CMC) has stopped all unnecessary medical treatments for the patients of the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) from October 1. This is because there is no more budget. The money that the SVB has available does not cover all costs. The CMC is short of an amount of more than fifty million guilders.
Finance Minister Javier Silvania reported on his Facebook page on Thursday that the CMC has sent the requested information about the funding application for elective care. The conclusions of the investigation by the NZa will not be without obligation.