Doctor-Patient Partnership Incentive Mechanism
- In order to build a good doctor-patient relationship, encourage Scheme Participants’ active engagement in the treatment process and follow the advice of their family doctor to achieve better health outcomes and status, the scheme has built-in collaborative doctor-patient partnership incentive mechanism.
- Incentive is applicable for Scheme Participants with hypertension / diabetes mellitus who have been admitted into the treatment phase.
- All eligible Scheme Participants will be automatically enrolled in the incentive scheme upon entering the treatment phase.
- Incentive payment calculation will start from the second Participant Programme Year onwards.
- After achieving the incentive targets, Scheme Participant can enjoy a reduction of Medical Consultation Co-Payment fee up to the Government recommended Co-Payment amount of $150 for the first subsidised consultation in the following Participant Programme Year.
- For details, please consult your Family Doctor.
Category | Parameters for achieving targets | Applicable Disease Groups | |||
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Hypertension and Pre-Diabetes | Hypertension | Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus | Diabetes Mellitus | ||
Patient Empowerment | 1) Self-report – blood pressure Conduct home blood pressure monitoring and report the results in the eHealth App at least once per month |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Compliance with the CDCC Pilot Scheme | 2) Consultation interval (for Subsidised Visits only) during the Treatment Phase Out of a maximum of 6 Subsidised Visits within each 12-month Participant Programme Year, attend at least 4 Subsidised Visits with attendance at least once per quarter within the 12-month Participant Programme Year |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
3) Diabetes Mellitus / Hypertension management: Patient Empowerment Programme Complete the Patient Empowerment Programme including post-assessment as arranged by District Health Centre within the 12-month Participant Programme Year |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
4) Diabetes Mellitus management: retinal photography Complete retinal photography examination as arranged by District Health Centre within the 12-month Participant Programme Year |
✓ | ✓ | |||
Condition to be entitled to Incentive | Must achieve 2 of 3 target parameters | Must achieve 3 of 4 target parameters |