get Insured by Law according to the plans of the Minister of health Spahn, apparently, in the future premiums, if you always go first to your GP.
An Amendment to the appointment and service act, the Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn (CDU) provides that patients should receive rewards if they are to always treat the first of your family doctor. The editorial network Germany reported, citing coalition circles. In the Wake of the so-called house doctor contracts may commit patients against their cash to go for a year, always to the same doctor and only on his Transfer to a specialist. In addition, a doctor should be rewarded by the provision of a specialist doctor’s appointment. Union and SPD want to impose on the funds, according to the report, in such cases, half of the resulting “efficiency gains” in the Form of premiums to the members to distribute. So the coalition wants to strengthen the position of family physicians in the health system.
This type of house doctor contracts is not new. Some health insurance companies are already offering for years to its members such models, which are binding for twelve months, to your doctor. Premiums there was no, however, the Insured, for example, in the case of AOK, that you don’t have to wait at pre-arranged doctor’s appointments for longer than a half hour. If necessary, additional office hours, for example up to 20 am or during the lunch break were possible.
The Federal Cabinet had approved the appointment service and supply act in September. In force it is expected to come in the spring of 2019. The Federal Council must not agree to. In the case of Doctors, the health Minister met with his design for massive criticism. The draft law provides in addition to faster doctor’s appointments, practice, doctors should offer at least 25 instead of 20 hours for the legally Insured. So far differ from one phone service for dates throughout Germany will be expanded Round-to-the-clock. Doctors will get supplements, if you add new patients or to the country to work. The co-payments for dentures in the future should be lower.