Nurse practitioners will be freed to bill Medicare independently of doctors under Fed Govt bill

The changes were flagged in last year’s federal budget.
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care Ged Kearney.

Nurse practitioners will be free to bill Medicare without clinical backup from a doctor under draft laws introduced to federal Parliament today.

The changes were flagged in last year’s federal budget, along with a 30% rebate boost for Australia’s 1450 FTE nurse practitioners.