Vaccination and testing payouts for clinics
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From: Staecy
Dear Ministry of Health,
I am requesting to know the payouts that clinics receive per vaccination and test that is given.
Yours faithfully,
Stacey
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Stacey,
Thank you for your request for official information received on 19
September 2021 for:
"I am requesting to know the payouts that clinics receive per vaccination
and test that is given.”
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202112582.
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 15 October 2021, being
20 working days after the day your request was received.
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. If
we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will
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If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
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Ngâ mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [1][email address]
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Kia ora Stacey
Thank you for your correspondence received by the Ministry of Health (the
Ministry) on 20 September 2021 for:
“I am requesting to know the payouts that clinics receive per vaccination
and test that is given.”
Please note, we have interpreted your request to be regarding the COVID-19
Pfizer vaccine and COVID-19 PCR swab test.
The amount a GP and pharmacy receive per dose of the Pfizer vaccine is as
follows:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|COVID-19 GP and Pharmacy Vaccination per dose |$36.05 ex GST |
|--------------------------------------------------------+---------------|
|COVID-19 GP and Pharmacy Vaccination-Out of Hours per |$48.72 ex GST |
|dose | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The amount each district health board (DHB) and lab receive for COVID-19
PCR swab testing is as follows:
o COVID-19 test swab payment to DHB: $75 per swab
o COVID-19 test payment for lab processing: $63 per sample
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [2][email address]
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Paul Jones left an annotation ()
Further more run the calculator on this to see how much of a financial incentive/kickback the government has paid out on PCR testing alone.
There have been 3,602,589 PCR tests conducted - Source https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
So a total of $270 million has been paid to DHB's for swabbing and $226 million paid to labs for processing. So the government has paid for PCR testing alone $496 million in kickbacks.
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You need to ask them if that GP/Pharmacy rate paid for each vaccine is the same dollar amount a popup clinic or vaccination center gets paid?
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