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Monday, June 15, 2015

Health Ministry wrote off over RM30 million in unpaid medical fees, says A-G’s Report

According to the Auditor-General’s Report, there has been an increase in the amount of medical fees written off each year. – AFP/Relaxnews pic, June 15, 2015.According to the Auditor-General’s Report, there has been an increase in the amount of medical fees written off each year. – AFP/Relaxnews pic, June 15, 2015.
The Health Ministry wrote off RM30.47 million in unpaid medical fees from local and foreign patients alike between 2012 and 2014, the second series of the Auditor-General's Report has revealed.
The medical fees were accrued from 2005 to 2007, the A-G's Report said, adding that RM15.44 million of the fees were from local patients and another RM15.03 million were from foreigners.
The report also noted that there was an increase in the amount of medical fees written off each year.
In 2012, the ministry wrote off RM6.14 million from unpaid medical bills accrued in 2005; in 2013, RM12.16 million was written off for medical bills from 2006; and in 2014, it wrote off RM12.17 million for bills from 2007.
"There has been an increase of RM6.04 million (98.2%) in write-offs in 2013 compared to the previous year, and an increase in RM4,122 in 2014 compared to the previous year," read the report.
- TMI

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