Doctors cast doubt on joining specialist fees website
Fees are 'meaningless' unless out-of-pocket costs are shown too, says obstetrician Dr Gino Pecoraro
Two high-profile obstetricians have cast doubt on whether doctors will sign up to the Federal Government’s planned transparency fee website, labelling it “meaningless” and “unhelpful”.
Dr Stephen Lane, president of the National Association of Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said his members were “unlikely” to support the website in its proposed form.
“I don’t expect it to achieve the goals it sets out to,” Dr Lane told Fairfax Media.
“I don’t think any doctors will put their information on the website … I wouldn’t voluntarily participate unless I was confident about the accuracy of the information.”
