What are you talking about. Tony Abbott just did!!
In September Rural GP/Obs who have ‘attend’ 20 births get between $17,000 and $25,000 extra
Please write those letters to the Herald Sun
See below
JC
Ministers Statement from September 8
8 September 2006GP practices in rural and remote areas will be provided with further information on these changes and information on the application process through Medicare Australia
ABB129/06
GPs providing obstetric services in rural and remote areas will be eligible for increased payments through the Commonwealth Government’s Practice Incentives Program (PIP).
From November 2006, GPs who deliver 20 or more babies a year will be eligible for a Procedural Payment of $17,000 per year. This will replace the current payment of $10,000.
It is expected that the increased payment will cost about $4 million a year.
This change should help maintain access to obstetric services for rural and regional women.
A rural loading ranging from 15 to 50 per cent, depending on the remoteness of a practice, is applied to all rural and remote PIP payments. For example, with the additional rural loading, this payment will increase to $25,500 for the most remote practices.
