From July, but I had missed this...
https://mastodon.nz/@ClareBear/115397137617488937
ClareBear - The General Practice Owners Association is calling foul at the huge difference between government funding for screen-based telehealth compared to face-to-face visits to community doctors.
According to Health New Zealand documents obtained by GenPro, telehealth providers will receive government funding of up to $95 per casual patient visit, compared to only $20.45 for general practice to see the same patient.
“General practice is amazed at the extravagant payments to a few telehealth providers during these cash-strapped times. And we’re stunned that the government won’t fund anywhere near these amounts to support general practices to see the same patients,” says Dr Angus Chambers, Chair of GenPro.
https://genpro.org.nz/resources/general-practice-amazed-at-governments-cash-splurge-on-telehealth