Fixed price operations could be coming to private hospitals
The federal government is considering introducing a fixed-price funding model for the country’s 650 private hospitals under a raft of proposals evaluated to fix the sector, and has told key players it is willing to let more facilities close rather than prop up inefficient operations.
Health Department Secretary Blair Comley told a meeting of top health industry chief executives in Canberra on Friday there were more private hospital beds in Australia than the country needed.
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