Health minister claims 95pc of doctors support Peka B40 screening
Dzulkefly is confident that the Health Ministry will be able to get GPs on board when the Peka B40 scheme is launched. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Almost all private general practitioners consulted by the Health Ministry are fine with the Peka B40 health screening programme’s payment rates, minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad claimed today. Dzulkefly confirmed that the government will pay GPs RM40 for patients’ first visit to conduct a health screening and RM20 for the follow-up visit, saying that both payments cannot be bundled into one.for a single payment of RM65 to cover both visits.“We found that in our meetings, discussing with GPs, I honestly say that almost 95 per cent of GPs don't have a problem with the payment,” Dzulkefly told a press conference.
The Peka B40 scheme aims to reduce non-communicable diseases, in which 800,000 of the bottom 40 per cent of income earners aged 50 and above will get free health screenings, medical devices, incentives to complete cancer treatment, and transport aid. Doctor groups, however, have opposed the payment rates offered under the scheme amid expected administrative and logistical issues.
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