GP wins legal battle against PSR over demand for 25 years of patient records
A judge has stopped the PSR demanding up to 25 years’ worth of records from a GP whose Medicare claims for a one-year period are…
Antony Scholefield
Antony is a medical reporter with a special interest in technology and pharmacy.
Tell your MP to fix telehealth bulk-billing bureaucracy: RACGP
The RACGP has rolled out a pro-forma letter for GPs to send to local MPs about the bureaucratic rules for bulk-billed telehealth consultations. The GP backlash…
Clamp down on existing relationship exemptions in telehealth rules, MBS Review suggests
The MBS Review is suggesting scrapping Medicare’s telehealth items for smoking cessation and enforcing an existing relationship rule on the items for pregnancy counselling. The…
Govt ‘committed’ to fixing bulk-billing rules after telehealth paperwork backlash: AMA
The Minister for Health and Aged Care will consider legal changes to remove the “frustrating” paperwork demands on GPs’ bulk-billed telehealth appointments, the AMA says. …
Prominent mums and bubs GP clinic with $500,000 in debts faces liquidation
A mums and bubs GP practice and charity owes potentially $500,000 to creditors, including the federal Department of Health and Aged Care, administrators say. The…
Sexual misconduct cases taking over three years to resolve due to tribunal delays: AHPRA
Sexual misconduct complaints that go before a tribunal are on average taking three and a half years to finalise, AHPRA says. The watchdog provided the…
GPs ‘seething with discontent’ as their patients miss out on mental health care
“I spent 45 minutes on hold to the mental health team, and when I finally got through, the person I needed to speak to was…
GP registrars on parental leave ‘should not need exemptions to sit fellowship exams’
The RACGP has defended its stance that registrars on parental leave must seek special dispensation to sit fellowship exams. AMA Victoria has been lobbying several…
National Party endorses cap on city GP provider numbers
The National Party will advocate for controlling the number of GPs in cities through a cap on provider numbers, as a radical fix for the…
Long-awaited inquiry into COVID-19 dubbed a ‘protection racket’
Epidemiologist Professor Catherine Bennett will jointly lead a 12-month federal inquiry into Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with a health economist and a…
