A recently released audit by the Chamber of Accounts looks into purchases made by the National Health Insurance Company (Senasa) during the second Danilo Medina administration.
During the current Abinader administration, the director of Senasa, Santiago Hazim, recently resigned amidst findings of major corruption within the government health insurance.
The recent audit carried out by the Chamber of Accounts reveals significant irregularities in years back. The Chamber of Accounts has yet to present any findings of auditing into the Hazim administration. The findings for 2017 to 2019 are of irregularities in transactions for over a billion pesos, N Digital reports looking into the details provided by the disclosed audits.
The National Health Insurance (Senasa) is now facing scrutiny after the audit by the Chamber of Accounts (CCRD) flagged improper accounting adjustments totaling over RD$1.2 billion between 2017 and 2019.
The damning observation, detailed in the CCRD’s audit report, directly challenges the integrity of Senasa’s financial statements.
“The entity made accounting adjustments for the capitalization of resources that were not duly supported with financial documentation justifying the transfer or reclassification of the registered values,” the Chamber of Accounts stated in its warning.
Specifically, the CCRD found that Senasa made unsupported adjustments amounting to RD$1,214,643,915.
This significant monetary discrepancy and lack of proper financial documentation “significantly affected the presentation of its financial statements,” raising serious concerns about the transparency and accuracy of the public health institution’s accounting practices during the three-year period.
Among the irregularities detected is the contracting of a software platform for RD$80 million with nothing to show for the expense. Likewise, another audit reveals several persons were on the payroll of the government health insurance company, Senasa and that of other government institutions at the same time, a violation of the public administration law.
The audit says there was irregularities in the contracting by Senasa in 2019 of the Helicopteros Dominicanos company, property of Gonzalo Castillo, who at the time was Minister of Public. Works. Gonzalo Castillo would resign the ministry to compete for the Presidency for the then ruling political party, the Dominican Liberation Party.
The audits come after the media denounced several financial irregularities in Senasa for billions under the Santiago Marcelo Hazim Albainy administration, for many billions in fraudulent transactions of several kinds. He was named to direct Senasa at the start of the first term of President Luis Abinader in August 2020. Hazim was replaced on 17 August 2025 after a five-year term by Edward Guzmán Padilla.
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30 October 2025