Bomb goes off at Colombia’s formerly biggest health intermediary
A bomb went off early Wednesday morning at the main office in Bogota of SaludCoop, a health...
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Northeast Colombia hospital unable to provide cancer treatment for 85 children
A total of 85 children with cancer and other hematological illnesses in northeastern Colombia have...
Colombia’s largest healthcare company embezzled 300M after govt takeover: Senator
Colombia’s largest health intermediary is continuing to embezzle hundreds of millions of...
Colombia’s chief prosecutor to charge comptroller amid mutual corruption allegations
Colombia’s Prosecutor General on Friday announced to file criminal charges against the...
Colombia’s prosecutor general sued for evading $25M in taxes
A Colombian fraud and corruption watchdog said Monday that it has sued the country’s...
Journalist and camerawoman assaulted filming Colombia health intermediary
A Colombian journalist and camerawoman filmed themselves being assaulted by an employee of one of...
Ex-ministers investigated over health funds scandal
Colombian authorities open an investigation into former Minister of Social Protection Diego Palacio and former Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata over the alleged embezzlement of public health funds by health insurance (EPS)...
Former comptroller general implicated in health scandal
The current Comptroller General’s Office presented evidence to Colombian prosecutors implicating former Comptroller General Julio Cesar Turbay Quintero in the Saludcoop financial scandal, various media reported Tuesday....
Saludcoop will not be liquidated: Health Superintendent
The Superintendent of Health has said the government will not liquidate the troubled health insurance company (EPS) Saludcoop, but will extend the intervention until the company reaches an “economic equilibrium,”...
Colombia to eliminate 40 health insurance companies
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...
Saludcoop union won’t affect investigation process: Comptroller
Colombian Comptroller General Sandra Morelli said that the Saludcoop leadership’s decision to unionize will not affect investigations moving forward against the recently intervened health insurance company (EPS), local...
Saludcoop leadership unionizes to prevent removal from office
The leadership of the government-repossessed Colombian health insurance company (EPS) Saludcoop has formed a union that may prevent their removal from office for the next six months. Twenty-five Saludcoop employees closely...
