Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare

Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association

9:00 am

Mr. Brian Fitzgerald:

Let us consider the charges in the public system. There is a per diemcharge. For a level 1 hospital the charge is €1,000 per night. There is a charge for MRI scans as well. If a patient has health insurance and chooses to use the health insurance, the public system will charge that patient €1,000 per night. In our case, our per diemcharge is considerably less. I am unsure whether I am answering the question. For example, if a health insurance patient goes to a public hospital, opts to use the public entitlement and does not sign a claim form, the public hospital cannot charge.

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