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Despite the regular results that the intervention of the EPS Savia Salud has had so far by order of the government of Gustavo Petro, the Superintendency of Health extended the measure for one more year.
The decision was made official through Resolution 2024320000005831-6 of this June 15, 2024 and extends the forced administrative intervention that the government decreed just a year ago to this mixed EPS that serves 1.6 million members.
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According to the information from the EPS in intervention for this extension Edwin Carlos Rodríguez Villamizar was also ratified as the intervening special agent to continue executing the tasks corresponding to the measure.
“By virtue of what is contained in the Extension Resolution, The work plan that will comply with the orders of the intervention measure will be adjusted with the continuity of the actions aimed at the technical and financial recovery of the EPS with the purpose of guaranteeing comprehensive attention to our users,” indicated the current management of the EPS.
Paradoxically, they also told the members that will guarantee the right to health with opportunity, continuity, relevance and security of the services that must be guaranteed through insurance.
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The truth is that this last consideration has been questioned by people who have seen the care in Savia deteriorate much more since it was intervened by the national government. In recent months, long lines and chaos have been seen outside some locations, especially medicine dispensers, because they do not deliver the treatments required to patients with various diseases, some of which are high-cost and so serious, on time. which increases the risk they live.
But the panorama is also supported by figures and indicators. Savia Salud continues to have a deep hole in its accounts: while At the end of 2023, the entity’s liabilities were already close to $1 trillion, a possible capitalization, which for several years has been the most tangible short-term solution to keep the entity away from the ghost. of the liquidation, remains in suspense.
According to the financial statements of Savia Salud delivered to the General Accounting Office of the Nation, liabilities have increased. While in 2020 this indicator was $656,724 million, in December 2023 it reached $969,763 million.
This last indicator, also with a cut-off date of December 2023, was still larger than the assets of the EPS itself, then calculated at $789,734 million (that is, $183,028 million above).
Likewise, the entity also recorded an increase in its operating and administrative expenses, which went from $80,976 million in 2021, to $85,005 million in 2022 and $95,731 million in 2023.
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The EPS management has maintained the position that in recent months they have deployed a plan for the entity to honor its commitments to the hospital network and guarantee the operation, but critical voices in the Antioquia Assembly and patients continue to question the administrative management of the organization.
For now, members and families of patients continue to wait for care to improve and their right to health to be truly guaranteed.
