Universal bulk-billing incentive risks ‘tearing GP practices apart’
To get the loading payment, all GPs at a practice must universally bulk-bill certain MBS items.
Payments tied to practice-wide universal bulk-billing risk setting GPs “at one another’s throats”, a prominent GP warns.
The upcoming 12.5% loading payment if GPs at a practice universally bulk-bill key MBS items could tear practices apart, according to former RACGP vice-president Dr Bruce Willett.
