INVESTIGATION: Kickbacks for Referrals: How Nigerian doctors, hospitals, diagnostic centres are defrauding patients bit.ly/32uaWxw
Our investigation uncovered the rotten underbelly of a sector where the rules are made by the profiteering owners of diagnostics centres & physicians, who without remorse, steal from their patients in blatant violation of the Code of Medical Ethics. bit.ly/32uaWxw
Two of the diagnostic centres even made our reporter @nicholasibekwe sign “memorandum of understanding” to pay him a kickback which is described with deodorised terms like “B2B prices, mutually beneficial partnership, hourly rate and physician fee”. bit.ly/32uaWxw
Indian-owned @MeCureHealth headquartered at Oshodi, Lagos, is one of the biggest medical laboratories in the country. The company has six branches across the country including an Eye Centre.
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Me Cure operates a sophisticated fee-splitting scheme using a sleek mobile app called HelloDocApp. The app is described as “the biggest online community of doctors in Nigeria.”
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However, doctors are first asked to upload scanned copies of their Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria certificates and their bank account numbers before they are granted final approval. bit.ly/32uaWxw
Apart from the standard 20 per cent kickback from the fee @MeCureHealth charges the patients, they refer for diagnostic tests, doctors are ranked into “clubs” and rewarded accordingly on the app according to the number of referrals they make... bit.ly/32uaWxw
Doctors are ranked into Blue, Silver, Gold, Diamond or Platinum club. The entry club membership is Blue. The ranking is done through the use of loyalty tokens called “Healthies.” One healthies is equivalent to N1.
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