On its busiest days, the company is said to have invoiced more than PLN 300,000 (EUR 70,000).
Poland's National Health Fund (NFZ), which finances public healthcare, uncovered irregularities in the company's billing at hospitals it worked with.
One of these was a hospital in Mogilno, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region, where the contract had been signed by the facility's former director.
The case has since been referred to prosecutors.
According to Wirtualna Polska, doctors were paid 65 percent of whatever the NFZ covered for each procedure.
On Saturdays, they carried out dozens of procedures that records show lasted between three and ten minutes each.
The Health Fund alleges the paperwork described a much costlier procedure – one that could not have been performed in so little time.
An inspection completed in May found the discrepancies and led to a fine of more than PLN 2.6 million (EUR 600,000) against the Mogilno hospital, which is now reportedly unable to cover July's wages.
A similar arrangement is alleged to have taken place at a hospital in Miastko, in the Pomeranian region, where the NFZ and Poland's anti-corruption bureau are investigating under prosecutorial oversight.
A regional health consultant quoted by Wirtualna Polska said fabricated hospital records had been used purely to to fraudulently obtain public funds, estimating the potential losses at one facility alone at nearly PLN 13 million (EUR 3 million).
The case comes amid mounting scrutiny of Poland's healthcare sector, following a separate scandal involving a major hospital in Warsaw that has dominated headlines in recent weeks.
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Source: polskieradio24.pl, wp.pl