The reform will also extend working-hour limits to doctors on contract-based arrangements.
Such restrictions currently apply only to salaried staff.
Tusk said contracted doctors would in future be capped at the equivalent of two full-time posts, framing it as a safety measure to protect patients and close off room for abuse.
He cited cases of doctors having logged more hours worked than a day actually contains.
Pay calculated as a percentage of medical procedures – some of which are very expensive – will also be abolished.
"Medicine is not a brutal business," Tusk said, adding that this billing model had led to situations that understandably provoked strong reactions, referring to cases of doctors earning thousands of PLN an hour.
According to the Polish PM, the related bills are expected to go before parliament in early September.
Four draft implementing regulations, which are expected to be adopted before the laws themselves, have already been sent out for consultation.
Healthcare reform is the main topic at Tuesday's cabinet meeting, with Health Minister Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda briefing ministers.
The government's action follows a string of scandals at Polish hospitals.
Media revealed alleged irregularities at Warsaw's Szpital Południowy (Southern Hospital) in mid-2026, and further allegations at a facility on Banacha Street.
Both are being investigated by prosecutors.
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Source: PAP, polskieradio24.pl