“We need to send a signal of attractiveness” to “young doctors”, justifies the Cnam

Thomas Fatôme, director general of the National Health Insurance Fund (Cnam), is Franceinfo’s main witness on Friday February 9.

“We need to send a signal of attractiveness” to “young doctors“, explained Friday February 9 on franceinfo Thomas Fatôme, general director of the National Health Insurance Fund (Cnam), while an agreement seems to be emerging with general practitioners on the price of the consultation after several months of arm-twisting. iron. Today, the consultation is 26.50 euros, tomorrow it could increase to 30 euros.

“There is inflation in our country. It is normal that the value of consultations also evolves in line with this inflation, otherwise these prices no longer have any value.“, justified Thomas Fatôme. Furthermore, this measure particularly targets future doctors: “It is important, in fact, that we can send this signal of attractiveness. In the current period, we need young doctors to settle down and take on the role of attending physician.“, he explained.

“Too many antibiotics prescribed and consumed”

Discussions continue between the Cnam and the doctors’ unions. The timetable has not yet been set:This could be part of the discussions we will have in February. I will receive each union individually. We are going to take the time to look in detail at this ramp-up schedule towards 30 euros, it is a strong point of discussion“The doctors want to go”as quickly as possible“, but “it is a significant investment“, he clarified.

Thomas Fatôme assures that this increase in consultation is part of broader negotiations which “must advance the health system“. This increase in the price of the consultation will not happen without compensation. The Cnam is asking doctors to make an effort on antibiotic prescriptions, for example: “Too many antibiotics prescribed, too many antibiotics consumed, creates what we call antibiotic resistance.“, he explained. But above all, it would save money for the National Health Insurance Fund: “We have a high health insurance deficit of more than 9 billion euros, this financial data must also be taken into account in the discussion.“, underlined Thomas Fatôme.

The Cnam also asks doctors to put the brakes on vitamin D tests: “This is useful for an elderly person to check for fall risks. There are a lot of vitamin D tests that are prescribed for people who are 30 or 40 or 50 years old. It does not make sense“, he said.