General practitioner practices are important for millions of patients – as the first point of contact nearby and guides through the system. Incentives are planned to maintain the network.
General practitioners should be given better working conditions to ensure local care. This is provided for in a draft law by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD), which the Federal Cabinet has introduced.
Specifically, upper limits on remuneration should be lifted for general practitioners, as well as for pediatricians. Among other things, an annual flat rate is to be introduced for the treatment of chronically ill patients who constantly take medication. This is intended to avoid visits to the practice just to pick up prescriptions and create more freedom for treatment overall.
The aim of the plans is also to maintain a comprehensive practice network in view of a further wave of retirements among general practitioners.
Source: Stern
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