Quoting Cedric Meyerowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Medicare payments in the times of labour for nursing homes was I stated. > The formula the then Government (labour) used was a bad formula. See 1 > patient at nursing home and you get paid for 1 patient. See 2 or more > patients and the fee you got per patient got smaller & smaller. At least > now the formula pays a housecall rate for 1st patient seen. For 2nd & > subsequent patients seen at nursing home, you get the equivakent as if seen > at your rooms. Surely that is better than the old formula ?
Yes, of course it is better and clearly more fair to GPs. However, but I believe that the change was not the result of a different group of parties (the Liberal-CP coaliton) coming into power, but rather the result of our professional organisations pointing out that the unfairness of the old structure was causing declining numbers of GPs being willing to visit aged care facilities. Based on my experience of the twenty nine years that I have been in practice, I don't expect a better deal from any particular party being in power. I believe that changes in society, demographics, technology, workforce, the public's expectations and the activities of our professional organisations have much more to do getting the system changed for the better than whichever party or parties happen to be in power at any time. Oliver Frank, general practitioner 255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens, South Australia 5086 Phone 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 Mobile 0407 181 683 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
