Not rural enough: Practices fear for the future under incentive cuts
'It is just another hit on top of all the other hits we've had to absorb,' GP says
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Practices already struggling to survive in country towns and city outskirts could “become unviable” under a planned restructure of rural incentives, a GP says.
Tasmanian GP Dr Donald Rose says dozens of practices around the state are facing cuts of up $25,000 to their Practice Incentives Program (PIP) payments after being reclassified as “less rural” by the Department of Health.