Payroll tax: GP corporates ‘being audited as we speak’
Several GP corporates are facing payroll tax audits, the CEO of Ochre Health says, although his company has not received an audit notice yet. Dermot…
Antony Scholefield
Antony is a medical reporter with a special interest in technology and pharmacy.
Should AHPRA draw up guidelines on doctors Googling patients? Tell us your views
Is looking up a patient’s Facebook profile or plugging their name into Google unethical? A BMJ article on the subject has fired up the debate…
Bowel cancer screening should start at 45 instead of 50, say revamped guidelines
This story was updated at 3.30pm to reflect the publication of the updated guidelines. Patients with average bowel cancer risk are now recommended to start…
The new $191 level E consult is ‘no quick fix’ for complex care, says top GP
The RACGP and AMA finally won their battle for a level E consultation item on Medicare this year after many years of fighting. Alongside higher…
End seven-day ‘lock’ on patients seeing tests results in My Health Record: Mark Butler
Health officials will weigh up whether pathology and imaging results in My Health Record should still be “locked” from patient access in the first week…
November’s MBS changes are meant to be big, big news: What they mean for you
Increased bulk-billing incentives, a new higher rebate for 60 minute plus consultations, along with new items for phone calls and aged care are coming into…
Adult ADHD linked with threefold higher dementia risk
An ADHD diagnosis between the ages of 51 to 70 is associated with a near-threefold higher risk of dementia, a cohort study of 100,000 patients…
Marlene Bevern: The story of Australia’s first VAD organ donor
Marlene Bevern. Photo: DonateLife.gov.auMost organ donors do not choose when their liver or lungs are donated, but Marlene Bevern was a special case. After being…
Sensitivity of COVID-19 rapid tests oversold, study suggests
Patients using home self-tests for COVID-19 are receiving “overly optimistic” suggestions of accuracy from the product inserts, a systematic review says. This is “probably leading to flawed…
Medical Must-See: Doctors find needle in 80-year-old’s parietal lobe
A small needle embedded in an octogenarian’s brain was probably there for her whole life following an attempted infanticide during World War II, Russian doctors…
