Doctors approve decision on fees

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) has approved the decision taken by most local health insurance providers (ARS) to re-instate the former honorariums received by doctors for services rendered. These are the pay schedules that were in effect before the government's SFS was introduced in August. Nonetheless, CMD president Waldo Ariel Suero has said that some payment levels will have to be negotiated because they are at odds with the services provided by specialists. According to Suero, the issue of fees for medical services has had negative repercussions on the effectiveness of the state-sponsored family health insurance programs.

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