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Trouble with taxi drivers in Baden-Württemberg: Minister of Social Affairs does not want to pay for vaccination trips – Baden-Württemberg

Taxi drivers in the country currently have to debate a lot. Photo: / Lichtgut / Leif Piechowski



Certain patients are allowed to take a taxi to the corona vaccination if the doctor prescribes it. But there are more and more problems with billing at the health insurance companies. The Ministry of Social Affairs declares that it is not responsible.

Stuttgart – The problems of the taxi industry with trips to vaccination centers are increasing. As reported, the drivers complain that many of the tours are not paid for by the health insurances, even though the passengers have medical prescriptions for them. The reason is wrong or too generously issued transport tickets by the doctors. Markus Diler, managing director of a taxi company in Fellbach (Rems-Murr-Kreis), has therefore sent an invoice for four such journeys for 251.20 euros Minister of Social Affairs Manfred Lucha (Greens) sent. Now the answer from the ministry is available.

As was to be expected, the willingness to step into the breach is limited. “The procedure for prescribing patient transport is clearly regulated and should be very familiar to every doctor in the country. The ministry is not responsible for incorrectly issued medical prescriptions, so we are the wrong addressee for your bills, ”the letter says. The ministry rejects the accusation that the regulation is not clearly communicated and that it is far too complicated for many involved.

Baden-Württemberg has decided that health insurances will pay for such journeys. For the same groups that can otherwise bill journeys for medical purposes. These are severely disabled people with the mark “aG” for extraordinary walking difficulties, “Bl” for blindness or “H” for helplessness in the ID card. In addition, the regulation applies to people in need of care with care level 4, 5 or, if certain conditions are met, also 3.

40 unaccounted journeys

“Mr. Lucha prefers to keep things complicated and runs the risk that seniors will then be left with the transport ticket, which is not paid for by the health insurance company, but by the senior citizens’ small pension,” Diler criticizes after the answer. You can also hear from the Stuttgart Taxi Association that practically every company that makes such trips has problems. The FDP had originally also called for a simpler solution – for example through vouchers for all senior citizens.

At Diler itself, the number of unaccepted transport tickets has now grown to around 40. “I have now phoned all the health insurance companies and I can say that 80 percent of the time I don’t get paid. The statement is that the respective doctor should know. ”However, while driving, taxi drivers could not start to discuss with the passengers whether their doctor had filled out the form correctly. That creates a lot of displeasure. In case of doubt, the passenger blames the company for the difficulties, so that the industry, which is already badly shaken by Corona, loses more customers.



Meanwhile, the industry has also adapted to the AOK Baden-Württemberg skillful to draw attention to the situation. From there, it is said, there are the first signs of wanting to tackle the problem.

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