In Cafesalud freeze them lucrative contracts to audit
They were signed in the administration of Guillermo Grosso fired and total more than $ 251,000 million.
On Tuesday, at noon, the board of Cafesalud, the largest EPS in the country, with 5 million affiliates-was summoned to the office of Minister Alejandro Gaviria. (See infographic: They ask for package contracts)
They had planned to take further action about the scandalous package of contracts that ended up costing the position to William Grosso, president of the EPS, fired the first last March. It was decided to hold the meeting in the portfolio of Health because they are sure that someone records and filters the findings and measures that the board is then taken to order the review of all contracts for 1.9 billion pesos that were signed or renewed in four months.
Around 3 pm that Tuesday when he was defining the audit, a Ministry reported that Luis Alfredo Caicedo, director of Baker Tilly Colombia, firm responsible for the statutory audit of the EPS, was killed by mechanical asphyxia, after receiving several blows to the head. (See also: The slopes surrounding the death of the auditor of Cafesalud)
He perplexed episode three of the new members of the board of the EPS. However, others said that while it was worrisome and should investigate the motives for the crime, tax inspection had never released an alert about what was happening in recruitment.
"The report Caicedo was to deliver to the board that day had no effect on the measures that have been taken and include the removal of management. Baker Tilly merely certify that the accounting balances and conform to accounting standards, but there was never an alert background. So he was asking accountable, "said a senior official of the EPS.
Escobar Gil and other
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In fact, it will go to an external forensic audit for a first batch of at least 86 contracts for 251,076 million pesos, which have nothing to do with health care issues reviewed. Of these, 47 were delivered without plurality of deals, ie a finger.
Reporters from this newspaper had access to contracts and established that, beyond the parties and armored cars that have been reported, the alleged bleeding is the advice that had been paying.
Between November 2015 and February 2016 were contracted, in the form of service, dozens of lawyers and external firms for amounts in excess of one billion pesos.
The amounts of the contracts with those offices and private lawyers between 15 million and 300 million pesos. The latter amount is being disbursed, for example, exmagistrado Rodrigo Escobar Gil. While his contract was signed in 2012, in the archives of figure Cafesalud indefinitely.
In this regard, TIME established that, on behalf of the EPS, Escobar Gil has demanded the Ministry of Health and the municipality of Medellin for an amount close to 32,000 million pesos. The reason: they are claiming huge losses in patient care high cost of the subsidized regime.
At the Law Offices also contained Vargas Abogados & CIA with several contracts for about 2,200 million pesos, mostly signed before Grosso reached the EPS: in November 2015. The legal representative of the reputed firm which has contracts in effect, it is Enrique Vargas Lleras.
Among the functions of the hired outside lawyers are those of supporting the work of the general secretariat, the marketing manager, coordination of occupational health, coordination of business and work processes, unit legal corporate affairs and to legal director.
Communications consultancies are another item that is checking. Not only one direction was found, with an allocation of 23 million pesos per month but also journalists and recognized consulting firms with contracts for about 500 million pesos.
"If we see that some of the legal consulting or communications are necessary, we reactivate; but for now, they are frozen, "said a source of the EPS.
He added that obviously this scandal obscures the sale of Cafesalud, which 85 percent belongs to Saludcoop, now state settlement.
"The idea is to strengthen Cafesalud and sell the stake is held by the government to pay debts," said the source. He added that, in fact, is already ahead of hiring an investment bank to value it. Therefore it is necessary to clarify whether or not there was corruption, and if it is true that Grosso was contacting politicians to ensure their permanence contracts.
Who elected Grosso?
When asked in the Government who had taken Grosso to Saludcoop group, they said the minister Alejandro Gaviria and the then Superintendent of Health Gustavo Morales was elected at the suggestion of Gilberto Quinche, which had been his second in the ARL positive.
"We reviewed the resume and its extensive experience in the sector. At that time, value that was not from any political group, "said Morales.
TIME sought Augusto Galan, legal representative of Baker Tilly, but said he would not give statements.
