Health in PZU
In 2014, PZU Group made the decision to expand its medical services and health insurance. The expansion included establishment of PZU Zdrowie to serve as the platform integrating acquired medical service companies and managing health subscribers.
PZU Zdrowie was created from the transformation of Ipsilon Bis SA, which had had no previous record of operations.
The chain of PZU Group’s medical centers offers the following:
- medical services for the local population of Płock, Włocławek, cities of Upper Silesia, as well as Opole, Warsaw, Radom and Kielce in scope of NFZ contracts covering general health care and ambulatory special care;
- services in scope of additional health care packages for corporate and individual customers in Płock, Włocławek and cities of Upper Silesia, Opole, Warsaw, Poznan, Radom, and Kielce;
- medical services for people who have health insurance in PZU Życie and for commercial patients.
In 2016, PZU Zdrowie implemented project consisting in:
- development and implementation of patient service standards in medical centers owned by PZU Zdrowie;
- development of IT solutions indispensable to facilitate medical and operational processes of the PZU Zdrowie establishments (implementation of Assistance system and Portal Świadczeniodawcy website);
- development of a model for medical partners network management;
- development of a manual and branding of own establishments.
Mergers of PZU Group’s entities in the medical services field
Due to the building of the health care center and health insurance networks, PZU Group was expanded by companies like CM Cordis, Polmedic and Artimed NZOZ. The total cost of purchase of the aforementioned companies was PLN 41 million in 2016
Due to the building of the health care center and health insurance networks, PZU Group was expanded by the following companies in 2016 and until the release of this report:
- CM Cordis (100% shares, from 1 February 2016) – provides specialized services for patients in Poznan;
- Polmedic (100% shares, from 30 November 2016) – provides health care services in Radom;
- Artimed NZOZ (100% shares, from 21 December 2016) – provides medical services to citizens of Kielce.
The total cost of purchase of the aforementioned companies was PLN 41 million in 2016 and the goodwill recognized in the consolidated financial statements amounted to PLN 32 million.
In 2016, the merger of Nasze Zdrowie Sp. z o.o. and CM Cordis Sp. z o.o. with PZU Zdrowie SA took place.