‘We’re back to 2010 rebates’: GPs react to incentive cuts

Many doctors in outer metro areas say the change will impact the viability of their practices
Geir O'Rourke
Medicare

Some GPs say they will lose more than $20,000 in Medicare revenue a year under looming cuts to rural bulk-billing incentives.

The Department of Health is planning to retire the decades-old map it uses to determine which GPs can access rural incentives and replace it with a new classification system.