Alberta's government has implemented a new pay model aimed at incentivizing family doctors to increase patient enrollment and provide after-hours care. This model aims to address challenges like high administrative costs and burnout, ultimately improving the province's healthcare system.
The Alberta government unveiled a new pay model on Thursday, designed to reward family doctors for bringing on patients and paying them for work done behind the scenes. It says the model will provide incentives to doctors for maintaining a full-time practice of at least 500 patients and providing after-hours care to relieve emergency rooms. The government says enrolment begins in January and the model would start in the spring — as long as at least 500 doctors sign on.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the deal will dramatically improve the province's ability to recruit and retain primary care physicians. She said high administrative costs, burnout and 'a health system that wasn't working' are some of the challenges that make it difficult for Alberta to recruit and retain doctors. 'We think a big part of the solution is fair compensation and incentives that make sense,' Smith said at a news conference. 'With this announcement, I think the risk of losing family physicians to more attractive jurisdictions is done. This new model will make Alberta an enticing and competitive place for doctors to come and settle and set up shop and stay for good.'Association president Dr. Shelley Duggan said the new model will help to stabilize and sustain family practices and clinics. 'Our fee-for-service system has served us well since medicare first began, but it is less and less and less able to support the kind of care that Albertans need,' she told the news conferenc
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