Alberta is introducing a new compensation model that would allow nurse practitioners to make 80 percent of what family doctors are paid as part of a new $15 million program. The initiative aims to fill gaps in the system by matching up more residents with a primary health-care provider.
“With over 700,000 Albertans without a primary care provider and over 900 nurse practitioners in Alberta, there is a real opportunity here to significantly decrease the lack of access,” Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said during an April 25 news conference.
