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Information about those who get sick too often will be passed on to medical commissions
Too often, information about sick people is passed on to medical commissions.
The Ministry of Health stated that this will improve the quality of medical care for working-age citizens and will allow for early detection of diseases. This measure applies to workers who have taken sick leave more than four times in six months.
The Ministry of Health wants to oblige doctors to send medical documentation on patients to the medical commission if more than four sick leaves are issued in six months. According to the Ministry of Health, this will improve the quality of medical care for working-age citizens.
The information obtained from the test allows staff to detect symptoms of the disease at an early stage. This way, you can return to work after taking precautions. The data can also help determine whether the patient is fit to perform professional activities or whether he or she needs to change jobs.
Therapist and CEO of the Khodanova Immunotherapeutic Medical Center Lyudmila Lapa says:
— This bill has always existed. Previously, there was a request for treatment, and after 3 sick days issued by the doctor, the director of the clinic confirmed these sick leaves and had to get permission from the director of the clinic to extend the stay. Now we need a medical commission. If a person is sick too often and has chronic diseases, the person will not recover, so questions about the disorder or hospitalization, that is, require a more thorough examination. I think it would be natural to introduce a medical commission that will decide further actions for this patient. — With the introduction of electronic sick leave, this rule was canceled, and the decision was made by the doctors themselves, immediately issuing an electronic sick leave and paying it to the pension fund. Electronic sick leave was introduced three years ago. — We do not have enough therapists. But will this not be a big bureaucratic burden for them? "All this is automatically recorded in electronic records, and doctors immediately refer people who have too many sick leaves to the commission.
This is very logical. Something similar exists today, but it is just another trust filter through which the authorities check everything, says Philipp Kuzmenko, a general practitioner, cardiologist, nutritionist and medical blogger.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation previously reported that in 2026, Russians will be able to receive the maximum temporary disability benefit in the amount of 207.6 thousand rubles per month, or 6,800 rubles per day.
Now the amount of temporary disability benefit per day is up to 4,000 rubles. Next year, this amount will increase to 5,700 rubles.