With the abolition of the mask obligation, the telephone notification of sick leave, which was limited to May 31, 2022 due to Corona, will also expire. Because this was very positively received by patients, the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK) now wants to go further and allow the insured person to take sick leave on sick leave. to be taken via video consultation. There is resistance from the medical association.
The ÖGK told the APA on Thursday that they were in constant contact with the medical association and hoped for a timely agreement. The aim is to guarantee the insured a medical assessment. For this, reporting sick via video consultation must be included in the global contract.
Secure connection important
A secure connection is important. This can be done using the “visit-e” model developed by ÖGK or an equivalent system. In addition, the insured must already be known to the contract partner.
Keeping sick leave by phone
The medical association does want to keep the sick report by telephone. Just because the pandemic seems to be taking a break, there’s no reason to “throw this handy tool overboard so quickly,” Johannes Steinhart, head of the chamber of Vienna and vice-president of the ÖÄK, said in a broadcast. He saw the “ÖGK Economic Chamber Wing” at work, of which he stated that he distrusted the insured.
The sick leave video is technically immature, Steinhart said: “The proposal is therefore completely useless and will only confuse and annoy patients and physicians accustomed to reliable processing.”
Source: Krone
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