Morocco : Medical expenses related to COVID-19 not reimbursed by CNOPS

The National Fund for Social Welfare Organizations (CNOPS) said that it does not reimburse the costs of diagnostic and therapeutic services related to the Covid-19 pandemic, whether biological tests, diagnostic radiological examinations and follow-up, or hospital stays and medications.

«The Covid-19 pandemic is identified as being a 'force majeure', in accordance with the provisions of articles 95, 268 and 269 of the dahir relating to the code of obligations and contracts», specified the CNOPS in a recently-published memo.

This pandemic is also one of the diseases of an epidemic nature exempt from payment for services provided by hospitals under the Ministry of Health, in accordance with the order of the Minister of Health n° 2284-05 of 4 Choual 1426 (November 7, 2005), added the body.

«It does not appear among the components of the priority health program giving right to reimbursement and payment of the related health care by the managing bodies, in accordance with the provisions of article 7 of law 65-00 on the code of basic medical coverage», according to the same source.