AMA calls draft privacy laws a threat to doctors but plaintiff lawyer disagrees
A plaintiff lawyer has doused concerns that GPs could be sued for recording patients’ family history under proposed privacy law changes. The Federal Government wants…
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AMA wants ban on dentists calling themselves oral surgeons
The AMA has another “misleading and confusing” professional title in its sights, demanding a ban on dentists calling themselves ‘oral surgeons’. There are some 66…
Dr Nick Coatsworth: Senior doctors should resist the ‘back in my day’ narrative
Dr Nick Coatsworth says intergenerational comparisons — the ‘back in my day’-isms — can make it harder to address young doctors’ mental health and burnout. The former…
The AMA is wrong — the medical board must make cognitive screening of older doctors mandatory
I am a middle-aged GP. As such, I have a while to go before I am likely to be subject to the mandatory health check…
The AMA family is united again, but the fight over fees will continue — here’s why
The 5000 AMA WA members are part of the federal AMA again, almost eight months after being kicked out. But while the split is over,…
Medicare should streamline health assessment items, not expand them: AMA
The AMA has backed a single set of criteria for patients to access Medicare health assessments for chronic disease, diabetes and heart health checks. The…
AMA urges medical board to ditch any push for mandatory cognitive testing of older doctors
The AMA has called on the Medical Board of Australia to ditch any demand for mandatory cognitive screening of late-career doctors as part of its…
Bulk-bill patients and we’ll become your landlord — state government’s latest election pledge to GPs
The Queensland Government is pledging to lease 50 rent-free practices to GPs in return for bulk-billing under it’s latest $365 million re-election promise. Unveiled over the…
Faux outrage or Faux rage? It’s time for the AMA to admit some doctors are misusing Medicare
Earlier this year I wrote an opinion piece on the issue of non-compliant Medicare billing. I approached the problem from a sociological perspective. It was…
Queensland’s GP practices to be permanently exempt from payroll tax menace
It has been a pained battle over the past two years, but general practices in Queensland will become the first to be permanently exempt from…
