‘Put pressure on doctors’ to publish their fees: Finance minister
A cabinet minister has suggested putting more pressure on doctors to publish their fees on the government’s ‘dust-gathering’ Medical Costs Finder website. The $24 million…
Tag: business of medicine
Payroll tax: Do governments know how many GP practices will be hit?
Accountants call it an existential threat to general practice, yet chief ministers say it will have little impact. In the six-year GP payroll tax saga…
Should GPs worry that the govt’s re-engineered rebates for chronic disease management plans are a big mystery?
Many GPs forgot about the Federal Government’s promise to axe the $130 team care arrangement item back in 2023, until last month’s news that the…
ECGs for patients in dramatic decline after GP rebate was cut to $16
The RACGP says the Federal Government should let GPs access a better paid MBS item for ECG tracing and recording “effective immediately” to close the…
Legal loss for obstetrician who sued colleagues for ‘cartel’ conduct over their on-call roster
An obstetrician who sued six colleagues for millions of dollars under anti-cartel laws after they excluded him from their on-call roster has lost his legal…
Urgent care clinics expanding GP scope of practice, health minister says
The Minister for Health and Aged Care has told doctors that his $580 million urgent care clinics are helping to expand the scope of GP…
MBS items for team care arrangements to be scrapped from November
Medicare items for writing and reviewing GP care plans will receive equal rebates from November, but it means that the rebates for team care arrangements…
What should GPs charge patient no-shows? $50 appears to be the magic number
Patients not showing up at appointments is a growing problem in general practice, according to an AusDoc survey of GPs, as well as Dr Mukesh…
118-year-old practice faces closure because no GP will take it on
“I have an angel sitting above me. “It was given to me by a patient who underwent a double lung transplant, an incredibly brave woman,”…
Quick Guide for Telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items — the August issue
AusDoc’s August telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items Quick Guide is now available. Included are the changes that came into play with the new financial year.…
