Govt decision to tie care plan rebates to MyMedicare will ‘punish special interest GPs’
Dr Naomi Rutten's non-accredited mental health practice cannot sign up to MyMedicare.
A GP with a non-accredited solo practice says the MyMedicare patient enrolment scheme is fragmenting care and hurting special interest GPs.
Rebates for level C and level D phone consultations are restricted to practices where patients are registered under MyMedicare, as are the tripled bulk-billing incentives on level C-E video consultations.
But to join MyMedicare, GP practices must be accredited, with a handful of time-limited exceptions.
GP Dr Naomi Rutten, president of the Australian Society for Psychological Medicine, runs a clinic in Adelaide’s northern outskirts that provides mental health care exclusively and tells patients to see another GP for physical problems.
