Government and doctors have been at loggerheads ever since Shandro cancelled a master agreement with the Alberta Medical Association in February and instituted changes to billing fees and rules
Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says it’s not true that doctors are quitting or withdrawing services in large numbers because of changes to fees and billing.
The United Conservative government and doctors have been at loggerheads ever since Shandro cancelled a master agreement with the Alberta Medical Association in February and instituted changes to billing fees and rules. “In a number of other communities, physicians have said they intend to voluntarily give up their privileges, but they have not done so, and is working with them to maintain services,” Shandro said Thursday.“Of course physicians continue to come and go for their own reasons. Hundreds do every year. But the actual impact on smaller hospitals from the termination of the agreement has been non-existent.
Shandro’s letter reminds the college that patients, particularly those in rural areas, have a right to timely access to care and that the college has to do more to make sure that happens. “We’re not asking to consider banning physicians from leaving or changing their practices. We’re only asking them to consider setting some conditions on how physicians change their practices or talk about doing it, in the context of bargaining.”
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