As reported, ÖGK Director General Bernhard Wurzer promised more flexibility in contracts and relief from administrative hurdles on Thursday. So you want to get younger doctors to take over a health insurance contract. Wurzer promised a “Susi carefree package”.
A wording that annoys Upper Austria’s head of the Medical Association, Peter Niedermoser: “Using fluffy expressions is not a problem, but that shows that there is not a lot of respect for us doctors.” Nevertheless, he was pleased about the willingness to talk, even if the negotiations with the health insurance company could become “complicated”.
As a report by the Court of Auditors shows, the number of health insurance contracts for general practitioners stagnated between 2009 and 2019, and for specialists it even fell by six percent. On the other hand, the number of private practices increased by 42 percent in the same period for general practitioners and by 38 percent for specialists.
Source: Nachrichten
