2500 agedcare incentive inadequate

$2500 aged-care incentive ‘inadequate’

NEW incentive payments offering up to $2500 per year for GP services to residential aged-care facilities are doomed to failure, experts warn. The federal government has partially unveiled its new Aged Care Access Initiative, which will constitute tiered Practice Incentive Program payments, depending on a GP’s level of service. But Dr Peter Ford, chair of the AMA’s Care of Older People Committee, said a fee-for-service arrangement would act as a greater immediate incentive for GPs, and criticised the new payments for failing to recognise the overall costs to practices in providing aged care. “[These payments] are ...