Missed Dates: Failure Fees Should Teach Patients Discipline

The Medical Association NÖ is in favour of fines if patients do not appear on fixed dates. Now an information campaign is starting.

The Medical and Medical Chamber for Lower Austria follows the example of the Medical Chambers of Upper Austria and Styria and speaks out in a Curia Assembly of the established doctors and doctors for the possibility of a failure fee in case of not observed doctor appointments. The failure fee can, however, not be raised, provided that it is announced in advance and takes place at an appropriate amount. Medical and Medical Chamber for Lower Austr…

While some have to wait a long time for doctor appointments, others let them decay without canceling. According to the medical board, this already blocks scarce resources. In response, the curia recommends introducing failure fees in Lower Austria.