GP gets €825k in medical card pay

One family doctor’s practice received over €825,000 in payments from the State for the treatment of medical-card patients last year.

Mon, 07 Jul, 2014 - 01:00

Brian McDonald

Official figures provided by the HSE show the 100 top-earning GPs under the medical card and general medical services schemes claimed €46.7 million between them in 2013.

Overall, 21 GPs received payments of more than €500,000 each from the HSE for their participation in the schemes last year.

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