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Peru: SIS approves transfer of over US$73 million aimed at medical care of insured people

11:00 | Lima, Jan. 26.

The Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS) approved the transfer of S/268.7 million (around US$73.9 million) for the financing of medical care and administrative services —provided to insured people in Lima and regions throughout the country— according to a regulation recently published in the official gazette El Peruano.

Administrative Resolution No. 009-2021/SIS states that the transfer will be made in favor of regional governments in Amazonas, Cajamarca, Huanuco, Huancavelica, Lambayeque, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, Puno, and Tumbes.

In addition, the money will be provided to Directorates of Integrated Health Networks in Eastern Lima (DIRIS Lima Este) and Southern Lima (DIRIS Lima Sur) to fund medical care services provided to recipients of SIS, emergency transfers (1st transfer), and maternity homes in 2021, within the framework of existing agreements, addenda, and commitments.

The rule provides that the executing units receiving financial transfers under 'medical care services' must incorporate the financial resources transferred by UE 001 SIS, making a difference between their incorporation and the execution of financial resources through budgetary activities and/or functional sequences.

The resolution —signed by SIS Head Cecilia Ma Cardenas— states that the resources mentioned in this document may not be used, under responsibility, for purposes other than those for which they are intended.

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Published: 1/26/2021