Australia's private health wants a role in chronic disease overhaul
31-Mar-16, The Sydney Morning Herald
Private health sector operators including insurers and pharmacists are pushing for bigger roles in patient care after the federal government unveiled plans to shake up care for Australians with chronic disease such as diabetes and arthritis.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Health Minister Sussan Ley said the chronically ill will choose a single general practitioner under a new system of Health Care Homes.
Those GPs will be paid to provide a care package, getting away from the episodic fee-for-service model that has been highlighted as an incentive to overservice.
An additional $21 million of federal funding has been committed for 65,000 Australians to participate in two-year trials in up to 200 practices from July 1, 2017.