Colombia’s Minister of Social Protection said that between 40 and 45 health insurance companies (EPS) will be permanently eliminated beginning in mid-October. The government’s decision follows a major corruption scandal…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos promised to put an end to the health care scandal and listed a series of measures the government is taking in order to do so,…
An investigation by Colombian authorities have found that out of approximately 14,600 requests for reimbursement submitted health insurance companies (EPS) over four years, some 11,000 had irregularities, El Tiempo reported Thursday.…
A Colombian judge has ordered the five day imprisonment of health insurance company Nueva EPS’ scientific director, Tayla Tamer, for disobeying court orders to perform a surgical intervention on an…
Colombian authorities have raided the premises of five health insurance (EPS) companies, in a search for evidence linking them to the health sector scandal, El Espectador reported Tuesday. The dawn…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Monday ordered public health insurance companies (EPS) not to deny treatment to patients with deteriorating illnesses such as AIDS. According to the Court, EPS are not…
Colombia’s poorest 20 million people, almost half of the population, are at risk of being completely without health care in June because of a financial dispute between state health insurance…
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon threatened state repossession of insurance (EPS) companies that are found to have appropriated public resources, in a Wednesday conference in Bogota, according to an official…
The Inspector General’s Office has opened investigations into the managers of 34 health insurance companies (EPS) allegedly involved in the massive corruption scandal which is reported to have cost the…