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    July MBS Quick Guide — New items for chronic disease and menopause management and indexation for FY26

    July 1, 2025

    AusDoc’s MBS Quick Guide for July is now available, and includes the new items for chronic disease management and perimenopause and menopause health assessment, plus updated…

    Blair Comley. AAP.

    Top health bureaucrat wants ‘less reviewing, more doing’ from Mark Butler after 70 reviews in three years

    June 30, 2025

    The top health bureaucrat wants “more doing, less reviewing” from Mark Butler, according to a memo released under Freedom of Information laws. Department of Health,…

    New GLP-1 RA ‘better than semaglutide’ for weight loss in Lancet study

    June 30, 2025

    A high dose of a new once-weekly injected GLP-1 receptor agonist has outdone semaglutide for weight loss in a phase III trial. Ecnoglutide, developed in…

    Flu quadruples risk of stroke in next 28 days, Aussie meta-analysis finds

    June 30, 2025

    Patients with influenza have a 4.7-fold increased risk of stroke in the 28 days since initial infection, according to a new meta-analysis. Published in Cardiovascular…

    RFK Jr’s new ‘expert’ panel votes against the use of influenza vaccines containing thimerosal

    June 27, 2025

    The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers have endorsed influenza vaccinations for just about every American — but only if they are free of thimerosal, the…

    ‘GPs under pressure to do more in less time’: Plaintiff lawyer says negligence claims are increasing

    June 27, 2025

    Personal injury lawyer Michael Passaro has witnessed a lot. The senior managing solicitor at Law Partners has been the lawyer for Nadine Lont, whose baby…

    Medical Must-See: Liar, liar, skin on fire

    June 27, 2025

    A friend’s advice to take a “bee venom” supplement called ‘Tawon Liar’ for muscle pain had a sting in its tail when a man developed…

    Dr Ash Gordon.

    Teenager convicted of murder after stabbing GP six times

    June 26, 2025

    The 17-year-old who killed GP Dr Ash Gordon has been convicted of murder. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had broken into…

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    Can you bill Medicare for group consults? This is what the federal Health Department says

    June 26, 2025

    This month, AusDoc’s interview with GP Dr Alecia Macrow on group consultations sparked debate over whether the consultations are billable to Medicare.  Dr Macrow’s work, presented at…

    2800 doctors to strike next month unless govt improves pay offer

    June 26, 2025

    Thousands of hospital doctors will strike for 24 hours next month unless the SA Government revises its offer of a 10% pay rise spread over…

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