Fllowing UBCM last week, a new payment program for physicians in Oliver has been approved.
The emergency room has been closed eight times so far this month and the most recent closure happened Saturday overnight due to staffing shortages.“There was, we knew, of a lot of closures, uncovered shifts in August, I think 13, and then 54 in September, and October isn’t looking any better at this point, either.”According to the mayor of Osoyoos, Sue McKortoff, the amount of money that doctors make while working in the SOGH emergency room is not as high as it is at Penticton Regional.
“What really drove the point home was that we had the physician who’s in charge of the ER Dr. Grewal in that meeting with the minister,” said Johansen.During the meeting, Dix approved an Alternative Payment Program for physicians.“We’ve got to listen to our communities. In Oliver, for example, we’ve approved a new way of renumerating, of paying doctors, and supporting doctors, which is called an alternate payment method, which is a move away from what’s called fee-for-service.
“That was developed in working with doctors and so we’re obviously aggressively, both in Grand Forks and in Oliver, taking steps to ensure that we have a maximum response because we know how difficult it is when an ER closure is announced.”
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