GPs are increasingly ditching bulk-billing for veterans, says the RSL, which places the blame on inadequate rebates from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Last month, a group of three GP practices in…
More than half of GP practices plan to reduce bulk-billing and increase gap fees this year, according to the Commonwealth Bank’s annual report on general…
They say you should never kick a person when they’re down. However, this seems to carry no weight when the person down is an entire…
In a Medical Observer opinion piece last year (‘As my career as a GP comes to an end, I wonder, ‘Have I been a mug?’),…
What makes a government buckle? At the weekend, newspapers were running front-page headlines about the bulk-billing crisis. Some of it was old news because the…
When patients say they should be bulk-billed, what reasons do they give? Not all are facing financial hardship, it seems. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling…
The shift away from universal bulk-billing has highlighted the tricky process of GPs deciding when to charge and when to bulk-bill, often based on limited…
GPs conducted five million fewer bulk-billed standard consultations in 2021/22 compared with the previous financial year as the specialty reacted to the chronic inadequacies of…
General practice is a funny old game, full of its own nuances. Despite the numerous practice role-plays in anticipation of — and beyond — the…
Fewer than half of metro practices still offer universal bulk-billing, including just 30% of practices in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, new figures suggest. The numbers are from Cleanbill,…
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