Minister of Health Rauch announces changes to doctors of choice - Saturday, 7:25 p.m. at ATV & Joyn

2023-06-24 06:01:03

Would also like to turn screws for sideline jobs for hospital doctors

Vienna (OTS) – Minister of Health John Rauch (Greens) in the exclusive PULS 24 interview continues to adhere to reform plans for elective doctors. Chancellor only at the end of May Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) declares that it does not want to shake the elective doctor system. Specifically, Rauch says about the content of the planned health care reform: “We will of course have to take a whole range of measures in the area of private doctors.”

For example, when it comes to connecting the doctors of choice to the electronic health record (ELGA). At the same time, health insurance offices must be made more attractive, and Rauch also envisages a change in the fee catalog for panel doctors – as the medical association has been demanding for a long time: “There are two starting points that are being discussed: This is a uniform service catalog and an overall contract. And both things, I believe, are needed.” The money is available if the relevant reforms are tackled.

As far as the topic of “secondary employment for hospital doctors” is concerned, Rauch is open to the controversial idea recently coming from the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK) to only link this to health insurance offices: “I don’t think that’s a completely unwise suggestion. You can think about that. What screws can you turn to achieve multiple things.”

The advance of Lower Austria’s governor Johanna Mikl Leitner (ÖVP) to take action against so-called “numerus clausus refugees” from Germany studying medicine in Austria, Rauch sees as “difficult under European law”. .

The whole interview on Saturday, June 24th at 7:25 p.m. on “Aktuell: Im Focus” on Joyn and ATV