The prices of medical consultations will increase by 1.50 euros, i.e. 26.50 euros minimum for general practitioners and 31.50 euros for specialists.
These increases, which must still be approved by the Minister of Health François Braun, will then come into force. “at the end of a period of six months”, either at the end of October at the earliest, according to the “arbitration rules” presented Monday to the unions of liberal doctors.
Two months following the failure of negotiations between doctors and Health Insurance, the senior civil servant Annick Morel, appointed to “arbitrate” this file, therefore chose to resume as is this general increase proposed at the beginning of the year by the Social Security, for a cost of 600 million euros over a full year.
Engagement territorial
On the other hand, “no revaluation subject to a territorial commitment” was not retained. The unions had indeed braced themselves once morest this second price level (30 euros for general practitioners) reserved for practitioners accepting certain counterparties: taking more patients, doing night duty, practicing in a medical desert, working on Saturdays Morning…
Financial assistance for the recruitment of medical assistants
The former inspector of social affairs has also fished out several measures dear to the executive. For “free up medical time”, financial aid for the recruitment of medical assistants will thus be “expanded and relaxed”.
Emmanuel Macron has set a target of 10,000 jobs at the end of 2024, once morest just over 4,300 to date.
New consultation for chronic diseases
Unlike price increases, this decision will apply without delay, as will the creation of a new consultation at 60 euros for the acceptance of a chronic patient without a treating doctor.
Here too, the Head of State promised that the 700,000 people in this situation would be “propose a treating doctor before the end of the year”.
No deadline either for the “response to urgent and unscheduled care”.
For liberals
The arbitrator chose to “sustain” incentives for liberals who participate in the “regulation” Samu telephone service (100 euros per hour) and to receive patients within 48 hours (15 euros increase).
Two key points of the “flash mission” that François Braun implemented upon his arrival in the summer of 2022.
