The director of the Health Insurance Fund, Kenan Hrapović, did not answer whether he would resign at the request of the Minister of Health, Budimir Šegrt.
The apprentice said on Sunday that he will ask the Government to dismiss Hrapović if he does not resign himself.
Reacting to the minister's accusations, Hrapović repeated that the Fund, while Šegrt was the director of the Meljine hospital, prevented the payment of unjustified invoiced services in the amount of 190.000 euros. He denied that the Ministry of Finance did not approve the Fund's decision to conclude contracts with private pharmacies.
"The government made a decision obliging the Fund to enter into contracts with private pharmacies for the issuance of prescription drugs, and the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance gave their consent to the Annual Plan of Needs for Medicines, and consent to the provision of funds, which includes medicines that are were issued on prescription in private pharmacies," Hrapović wrote in his response.
He said that it is surprising that the assessment of the apprentice that the chief inspector for the budget did not do his job properly, when, as he claims, he was acting on his orders. "We want to believe that this dissatisfaction with the finding... is not a reflection of the fact that the inspector clearly stated in his finding that the 'Health Insurance Fund uses the approved budget funds in a purposeful and legal manner, and that outstanding obligations that arise from year to year show that the budget The fund is not enough to meet all the needs of the health system of Montenegro'. We expected that, after such a finding, instead of being dissatisfied, the Minister of Health would publicly express his satisfaction over the fact that it was unequivocally confirmed that the Fund is spending funds appropriately and legally". Hrapović denied that the costs of treatment abroad in 2014 amounted to 15 million euros, clarifying that they amounted to 9,3 million euros. Hrapović also denied that before he took office there was no professional or economic analysis on the justification of the cost
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