CERN signs with the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève

On 4 July 2002, Mario Vieli, the Finance Director of the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (H.U.G.), Pierre Pachoud, the vice-chairman of the H.U.G. Board of Directors and Anne-Sylvie Cerne, who is responsible for the Organization's health insurance contract, signed agreements on tariffs between the Organization and the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève. The main hospital of the H.U.G. group is the Cantonal Hospital.
These agreements, approved by the Republic of Geneva's State Council last April, are the outcome of extensive negotiations. In fact, CERN is the first international organization to arrange for tariff agreements for the members of its Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) with the H.U.G. directly.
Moreover, these agreements are fully in line with CHIS's new tariff agreement policy, with its emphasis both on the quality of care provided and containing costs.
Quality of care is an issue to which the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève pay special attention. The Cantonal Hospital is a centre of excellence in its field and specialists of national and international reputation work there.
As for containing costs, the H.U.G. are offering no less than 34 flat rates for some of the most common surgical treatment (including births) and these are likely to generate significant savings for CHIS.
Hence, the H.U.G. have become one of the main care providers of hospital treatment with which CHIS has tariff agreements. Meanwhile the agreement with the Hôpital de la Tour has been cancelled since 1 July 2002 (See Bulletin n°27/2002, p.12).
CHIS and its Supervisory Board will now look at ways to encourage Members to consult care providers offering special terms, including the H.U.G.
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