Fees stated in advance
Including any supplement, on request, beforehand.
Whether this practice works at convention tariffs, so you know what you will pay before you attend rather than when the invoice arrives. And what it receives from industry, which Belgian law requires to be published. Neither should need asking for.
This page describes what the practice does. It is not advice, and it is not an encouragement to seek any examination or treatment.
General medical activities, carried on under the applicable professional regulation.
See the programWhether supplements may be charged, told to you before an appointment.
See the programTransfers of value from industry, disclosed on the national platform.
See the programOther forms of education and the organisation of scientific meetings.
See the programTell patients the tariff status before an appointment rather than at invoicing, explain purpose, risks and costs before asking for consent, keep a record the patient can see and copy, and publish what industry provides because the law requires exactly that.
Including any supplement, on request, beforehand.
Purpose, nature, risks, alternatives and cost.
With a right of access and of copy.
Transfers of value disclosed as required.
Fees are in euro and are those applicable to the practice. They are stated in advance on request, before an appointment rather than after it.
The applicable fee, told to you beforehand.
Education for professional audiences.
Absent on purpose, not by oversight.
Every engagement is quoted after a free consultation. No subscription.
DR. BARBARA PEETERS SRL was created on 23 December 2022 and is registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under number 0795.334.672, with its registered office at 47 Slangbeekstraat in Hasselt, Limburg. The registered activities include general medical activities, other forms of education and the organisation of professional meetings and congresses.
A page about a medical practice has to be written differently from a page about a business, and the absences here are deliberate. There are no patient testimonials, no comparisons with other practitioners, no claims of superiority, no success rates and no promised outcomes, because the rules governing what a doctor may say publicly exclude all of them, and because none of them would be true in the way an advertisement needs them to be. What is left is the information that genuinely helps a patient decide. Tariff status is the first: a doctor either adheres to the national agreement with the sickness funds or does not, and that determines whether supplements may be charged on top of the agreed tariff. You should know that before attending, not at invoicing. Independence is the second: Belgian law requires benefits granted by the pharmaceutical and medical device industry to healthcare professionals to be published on a public transparency platform, and for a practice that also teaches and organises scientific meetings that is squarely engaged. Beyond those, the patient rights legislation gives you the right to information, to free and informed consent, to a record you may see and copy, and to complain to a mediation service.
Because the rules on what a doctor may say publicly exclude a great deal of what a commercial site would contain, and rightly so. No comparison with other practitioners, no claim of superiority, no patient testimonials, no success rates, and nothing that encourages an examination or treatment that is not clinically indicated. A page that promised outcomes would be both prohibited and untrue. What belongs on a page like this is practical information, which is why tariffs and independence are the two things given prominence.
A physician in Belgium either adheres to the national agreement concluded with the sickness funds, adheres partially, or does not adhere. A fully adhering physician applies the agreed tariffs. One who does not may charge supplements above them. It is the single most useful financial fact about any practice, the status of this one is stated on the legal page, and the fee for a consultation is given in advance on request rather than at the end.
Reimbursement is a matter between you and your fund, based on the tariff and your own cover, and it is not something a practice can decide or promise on your behalf. What a practice can and should do is tell you its tariff status and the fee beforehand, so you can establish the reimbursement position before you attend. If anything is charged in error, it is corrected and refunded without you having to chase it.
Belgian law requires premiums and benefits granted by pharmaceutical and medical device companies to healthcare professionals, organisations and institutions to be disclosed and published on a national transparency platform. Sponsored invitations to scientific events additionally need prior approval from the competent body once the hospitality passes certain thresholds. For a practice that teaches and organises scientific meetings, this is directly relevant rather than a formality, which is why it is on the front of the site.
Yes. Patient rights legislation gives you the right to a carefully kept record, a right of access to it and a right to obtain a copy. You also have the right to be informed about your state of health, to give free and informed consent after being told the purpose, nature, risks, alternatives and financial consequences of anything proposed, to privacy, and to bring a complaint to the competent mediation service. Those are rights rather than favours.
No, and the distinction matters. In Belgium dietitian is a regulated paramedical profession requiring recognition, while nutritionist is not a protected title at all. Dietary advice given during a medical consultation is given as part of medical practice. No paramedical title is claimed on this site beyond what is stated on the legal page, and where a referral to a recognised dietitian is the right step, that is what should happen.
Fees are stated in advance on request. In an emergency, contact the emergency services.