Half of bulk-billing GP practices have switched to mixed billing in the last two years: report
Practice software company Cubiko says its definition of bulk-billing practice paints a better picture of what is really happening.
The amount of GP practices bulk-billing 80% of appointments or more fell by half in the past two years, a report by billing software company Cubiko says.
It is painting a very different picture from the Federal Government’s bulk-billing statistics, which Cubiko attributes to the way it has counted bulk-billing practices.
The report defines a ‘predominately bulk-billing’ practice as one where 80% of invoices or more are bulk-billed.
“This approach offers the most accurate representation of bulk-billing across the industry as it often reflects the percentage of appointments that are bulk-billed,” the report said.
