The IMO is currently collating all cases involving the payment of GP fees by the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS), and is requesting all members who are family doctors with outstanding payments to contact the union urgently.
With the HSE being dismantled, it is becoming difficult to discern how much is being spent on primary care.
By Gary Culliton.
By Gary Culliton.
Dear Editor, The following vignette is a reflection of what the HSE thinks of patients and doctors.
Dear Editor, As is now widely known, the PCRS is paying €15 to GPs for a flu shot, the same as paid to pharmacists and as is already reported, the Minister for Health Dr James Reilly does not see any reason to pay the GP more than a pharmacist when they deliver the same service (no comment).
By Gary Culliton When the HSE has not been happy with a GP claim, “we simply do not pay,” the Executive’s Assistant National Director, Paddy Burke, has said.
There have been no changes to policy but changes to probity and savings have already been made in the medical card area this year from tighter controls and surveillance work, writes Gary Culliton.
By Gary Culliton.
By Gary Culliton.
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