Insurers agree with general practitioner agreement

Spent: 13 July 2005 23.01 last modified: 13 July 2005 23.03 ZEIST - after the general practitioners the care insurers have also agreed with the new plan for the financing of the general practitioner care for the coming two years. That cupola organisation care insurers the Netherlands (ZN) has let know Wednesday. Last week the general practitioners went agreed and also minister Hoogervorst (public health) meanwhile authorisation of the cabinet has to the end proposal of mediator E. carry out bird ear. To the agreement a long period of conflicts and actievoerende general practitioners went in advance. In what especially appeared that the general practitioners had no faith in the care insurers. General director of M. Bontje van ZN is glad with the agreement. ' we can build now to a balanced relation between general practitioner and care insurer.' According to the proposal the general practitioners get 52 euro by registered patient per year and 9 euro by consult as from next year. That is more than the 45 euro by patient per year and the consulttarief of approximately 7 euro that the minister initial savage them give, but less than 55 and 11.56 the euro which they asked. Moreover according to fixed appointments at the care insurers knock for the financing of practice support (49 millions euro), compensations for deprived areas or many older patients (25 millions euro) and money for modernisation and new local initiatives can the general practitioners (75 millions euro). For the partitioning of 25 millions from that last potje new agreements must be made. To the rest the coming two years existing appointments continue apply. Furthermore each trimester examined and the agreement becomes develop the progress of still appointments on points is possibly adjusted. The control of the care insurers was in the initial plan of Hoogervorst and the care insurers a piece larger. For the supporters of care insurers the Netherlands, was thus swallow. The new financing structure is necessary because as from next year the distinction between the health insurance fund and the private care insurances disappears. Now general practitioners get each year a fixed amount by health insurance fund patient. As from 2006 everyone has been obliged conclude a basis insurance and must general practitioners also for the former health insurance fund patients each consult declare. (c) DUTCH PRESS AGENCY
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