Doctors who prescribe a lot of sick leave, and employees who have it repeatedly are the target of Medef boss Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux. According to him, it is necessary to increase the controls in order to reduce the cost of the compensations of the Health insurance.
In an interview published in Le Figaro, Medef boss Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux proposes measures to control expenses related to sick leave. A progress report on the increase in these stops, and therefore on their compensation, should be published at the end of October.
According to the boss of Medef, the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM) must above all strengthen controls on “big prescribers” doctors and on employees affected by short and repetitive sick leave. “We will not solve the problem with a simple budgetary measure, nor by accusing companies of putting too much pressure on their employees, doctors of prescribing unjustified stoppages or even employees of taking unfair advantage of the system”, explains the boss of the Medef.
A check after four stops
Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux sets the limit at four prescribed stops. From this number a control should be systematic of the doctor, but also of the employee. The boss of Medef also wants Health Insurance to strengthen controls related to the obligations of the insured, such as sending the sick leave within 48 hours to the employer.
On the doctors’ side, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux recommends “a single prescription course”. That is to say that the attending physician would be the only one able to prescribe a stop, apart from any hospitalization. He also pleads for the duration of sick leave used as a reference by the High Authority of Health (HAS), in order to eliminate disparities between regions.
More flexibility for businesses
For employers, the boss of Medef also has measures in mind. Among them, supporting companies with an “atypical” number of work stoppages and doing prevention on professional disintegration. This, while promoting alternatives to sick leave, such as part-time therapy. These measures are proposed as the government wants to tackle short work stoppages. Although they are getting longer and longer.
This summer, he considered no longer reimbursing part of the short sick leave and partially transferring the expense to companies. A track finally ruled out. For next year, 200 million euros in savings are expected on the Social Security budget. To achieve this, Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux affirms that the effort will have to be “collective”.
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