The darker fears haunting the battle over ECGs
Comment: This row stems from the deep fracture line that has cut through the MBS Review Taskforce from the very beginning, writes AusDoc's editor Paul Smith
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Last week the accusations of who knew what and when about the sudden changes to Medicare’s ECG item numbers were flying like bullets in a shootout.
Despite the obvious importance of ECGs to primary care and patient well-being, the Federal Government’s decision to reduce the rebate for GPs to interpret and record trace results seemed to fall from the sky.