During a scheduled meeting at the Chamber of Commerce next Wednesday 3 May, the Quadripartite Committee will examine the current financial situation with regard to sickness-maternity insurance, as well as the latest financial forecasts for the current year and for the financial year 2018 presented by the services of the National Health Fund.

Romain Schneider will provide information on the state of implementation of the new benefits for insured persons, part of which came into force on 1 January 2017. These had been discussed at the last meeting of the Committee in October 2016. Benefit improvements focus on dental care and visual aids. There are also areas where further improvements can be made. 

Lydia Mutsch will present the latest developments since the last quadripartite committee to improve the functioning of emergency services. This exercise is part of the ongoing process of identifying causes of congestion with a view to identifying concrete and sustainable proposals for improving the organisation of emergency services.

Similarly, an inventory will be presented on the establishment of a hospital documentation system, an ambitious and innovative project aimed at improving and facilitating the documentation of health care provided within hospitals.

The Minister of Health will take stock of recent developments in the hospital sector.

This meeting of the quadripartite committee will also be the occasion to address various current topics in the field of maternity health insurance.

The quadripartite committee provided for in Article 80 of the Social Security Code brings together all parties involved in the governance and functioning of sickness and maternity insurance. In this case, it is the government, representatives of the most representative professional organisations of employees and employers, as well as representatives of health care providers. The Committee shall examine the development of health income and expenditure and propose measures to be taken at the statutory, regulatory, conventional or statutory level in respect of sickness insurance and any other measures designed to improve the efficiency of the system Taking into account the needs of the population, the evolution of medical techniques and the resources available to the country.