The small-town practice facing $100k Medicare funding cut
A new modelling system is causing headaches for a remote practice with no town water or sewerage
An “obviously rural” practice operating with no town water, sewerage or street lights — and located 45 minutes from the nearest hospital — is crying foul after health officials declared it was in a major city for Medicare purposes.
The Tamborine Mountain Medical Practice in the Gold Coast hinterland stands to lose more than $100,000 in bulk-billing incentives and rural loadings payments after being reclassified as metropolitan by the Department of Health.
