After the commercial ones in Europe also fall ‘sanitary barriers’, with patients who are free to move between countries for treatment. To remove the last obstacles has been among the first in Europe, the decree passed by the Council of Ministers, which transposes the Directive on cross-border, and in fact opens the competition between European hospitals. With the go-ahead to the decree, the minister said at a press conference falls on the requirement for prior authorization to go abroad for treatment, although with some exceptions which will be identified by the prosecutor or by the regions. Can not instead be made abroad, writes the ministry, the long-term care, organ transplants and vaccinations. A focal point for implementation of the directive will be the ‘national contact point’, that the ministry is ready to be put in place and that will serve ‘two-way’. Through the contact point foreign patients can receive all the necessary information on the standards of quality, accessibility, and rates and methods of reimbursement structures Italian, and Italian ones will have the same information on the foreign ones. Anyone who wants to travel to other countries for treatment may request a refund once back at home, with the proviso, however, which will be refunded only the amount equal to that which the NHS would spend in its region of origin, according to the principle that the opening of borders can not lead to higher spending on the NHS. Indeed, he explained Lorenzin, this could be an opportunity to increase revenue. “If the national healthcare system will be able to configure itself really competitive in the European scenario and to attract, because of its quality and its efficiency, the patients in the other States of the European Union – said the minister – this will lead to new financial revenue, due to the payment of the benefits provided by the Italian health system. Italy is not afraid of the challenge, and for this reason it is among the first European countries to transpose the EU directive. ” If the decree will result in an exodus to hospitals British, French or German or otherwise in a way to attract patients in Italy, says Walter Ricciardi, Director of the Department of Public Health Catholic University – Policlinico Gemelli in Rome, depend only as you move from ministry and regions in the coming months. “In qualitative terms the excellence of our facilities can easily compete with all those in Europe, plus Italy can also offer another addition to the health, culture and food – says expert -. But we need to attract patients, working on the communication before they arrive, but also on their management, including language, once here and on follow-up when they return home. If you succeed in this game you can pretty much win. “
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