Checks on the whole national territory by the Nas of the carabinieri in the studies of general practitioners and pediatricians of free choice. Objective: to ascertain the presence of the doctor on the days and at the times communicated to the ASL and to carry out a general check on the correct running of the clinic.
Overall, there were 1,838 inspections, in 251 cases (14 per cent) cases of non-compliance were ascertained and 308 were penal and administrative irregularities. In particular, these are hygienic/structural deficiencies in the rooms intended for visits, such as the presence of equipment unsuitable for medical use, the use of rooms other than those declared or lacking sufficient ventilation.
51 medical and administrative figures reported to the judicial authorities. Among these, 3 doctors held responsible for having falsely certified, to the Territorial Health Authority, the execution of visits and services at home or in rest homes for their borrowers, results never actually carried out, receiving unduly reimbursement of the declared services .
In two studies, the NAS of Catania discovered the drafting of medical prescriptions through the online portal carried out by secretarial collaborators, in the absence of the doctors in charge, while the NAS of Perugia referred a doctor for the issue of prescriptions for reimbursable drugs by the National Health Service with false indications of the date.
During the inspection campaign, 2 measures were taken to suspend the use of medical practices issued in the provinces of Catania and Reggio Calabria due to lack of habitability and setting up of other unauthorized medical activities.
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