In an interview with the “Journal du Dimanche”, the Minister of Action and Public Accounts Gabriel Attal made announcements on the work stoppages issued by teleconsultation.
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The government wants to de-reimburse work stoppages issued by teleconsultation when these are not issued by the attending physician, announced the Minister for Action and Public Accounts Gabriel Attal in an interview with Sunday newspaper. This measure will be part of the draft social security budget which will be made public on Monday.
Attal motivates this reimbursement “in order to prevent some from chaining online consultations until they find the one who is willing to issue them sick leave”. “We have seen an explosion of sick leave given, in teleconsultation, by a professional who is not the attending physician. This is nearly 100 million euros last year”exposes the tenant of Bercy.
More generally in his interview with JDD, Gabriel Attal insists on the fight against social fraud, a nod to the LR deputies whose vote could be valuable during the examination of the State and Social Security budgets in parliament. So the minister promises to “strengthen the powers of cyber-investigators from the Social Security funds” who can “identify a professional who only declares a salaried activity but offers his services as a freelancer on Leboncoin without declaring them…”