Should Medicare fund consults when a doctor or patient is overseas?
The AMA is open to Medicare rule changes to allow claims while a doctor or patient is overseas but says the risk is telehealth clinics…
Tag: Australian Medical Association (AMA)
AMA calls for fresh consultation with doctors over looming restrictions to vitamin B12 test rebates
Whoever wins the 3 May federal election should delay and re-consult on the incoming restrictions on Medicare rebates for vitamin B12 and urine tests, the…
‘Don’t let the bastards grind you down’: Dr Mukesh Haikerwal (quietly) retires from general practice
A week into retirement Dr Mukesh Haikerwal is making all the right noises. One of Australia’s best-known GPs, the irrepressible doctor is talking holidays, movies, more…
Doctors and the stupid stuff — new campaign targets most ridiculous admin demands
The spectacle of doctors being dragged away from patients to order office supplies and geriatricians having to undergo a working-with-children check are being targeted in…
Nurses target PBS funding for when they start prescribing S4 and S8 drugs later this year
Nursing groups are already bidding for PBS subsidies after health ministers decided to let RNs prescribe S4 and S8 drugs, starting this year. In an…
We will publish the fees each individual specialist is charging: Mark Butler’s pledge
A re-elected Labor Government will publish the fees that individual non-GP specialists are charging for common services, Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler…
Clinical independence under threat from ‘vertically integrated’ cannabis companies, doctors tell Mark Butler
Doctor and pharmacy groups have suggested banning medicinal cannabis companies from simultaneously owning clinics and dispensaries, saying doctors’ independence is at stake. AMA Queensland and…
Dr William Bay’s return to general practice lasts just three days
The former GP registrar who successfully beat an emergency suspension for his anti-COVID-19 vaccine rant at an AMA conference finally returned to practice last week.…
GP consult items outdated? AMA wants seven time tiers with the following rebates…
The AMA has called for a major restructuring of GP attendance items with new time tiers and new rebates. It says the current items have…
Top doctor’s radical healthcare fix: a single-funder for GPs and hospitals
A state AMA wants a single government healthcare funder to end the political squabbling and improve relationships between GP practices and public hospitals. AMA Tasmania…
