Nicolaescu said the new bill, which is being drafted by the Health Ministry, will tie doctors’ income to quality of care and will allow doctors to work part-time in both public and private hospitals. He added, however, that doctors working in private hospitals will no longer be allowed to transfer patients from public to private hospitals and vice versa. The minister pointed out that a system keeping track of patients will be developed in this respect.
According to Nicolaescu, upon enforcing the new law, which is also based on pay tied to performance criteria, a medical specialist’s minimum wage may exceed EUR1,000 per month.