It was “not my idea,” writes Dr. M. a manager of the group. “I was only allowed to order it and explain it to the patients.” Prescribing anti-cancer drugs. The oncologist is the expert – apparently he didn’t have the last word.
He used to be a resident doctor, now he’s employed by the Hamburg alanta group, a group of companies that is majority-owned by an investor based in London. Is the doctor free in his decisions? In the last 6 months I have repeatedly had doubts about the fact that “we will not (will) have any influence on the therapy”, writes Dr. M. Such statements can not please the manager.
The corporate network has long been a case for the public prosecutor. After one of the most spectacular searches in the history of the German healthcare system, it will probably soon be decided whether those responsible for the group will be brought to justice. It is about fraud, about presumably high double-digit million damages at the expense of the insured community. The group’s leaders are suspected of having manipulated the prescription process for the most expensive drugs for the seriously ill in a sophisticated way that went against the system.
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