Specialist fee website charging doctors $250 a month outpaces govt’s $24 million alternative
Hundreds of doctors have been listed on a specialist fee website that launched last week, in contrast with the 20 doctors listed on the Federal…
Tag: business of medicine
Friends almost reunited? 5000 AMA WA members expected to be welcomed back into the fold
Five thousand doctors in WA who were booted out of the federal AMA are expected to be welcomed back into the fold in the coming…
Telehealth MBS Quick Guide for July – FY25 rebates and updatesÂ
The new financial year brings indexation of rebates and a raft of changes to items and exemptions to AusDoc’s Telehealth and COVID-19 MBS Items Quick Guide From…
July MBS Quick Guide – indexation for FY25
AusDoc’s MBS Quick Guide for July is now available, which includes updated rebates with indexation for the new financial year. Annual indexation applies to all the general…
Hole in AMA WA accounts now sitting at $3 million, annual report revealsÂ
AMA WA recorded a $3.2 million deficit in its accounts at the end of last year, although the organisation says it’s over the worse and…
Hundreds more GP practices offered limited protection from payroll tax — but only if they bulk-bill
GP practices in NSW are being offered payroll tax relief provided they bulk-bill at least 70% of patient consults. The State Government says it will…
‘We are not all rich kids’: Medical students struggling to make ends meet
After working as a physiotherapist for over a decade, Lisa Ross went back to university to study medicine, wanting to do her bit to address…
‘It’s peace of mind’: Half of GP registrars now want to be employees
The idea that GP registrars should have one continuous employer so they can actually accrue leave and benefits, rather than a series of contracts over…
GPs owed $150,000 in locum fees after medical corporate collapses
A debt-ridden corporate that owed GPs tens of thousands of dollars in locum fees has gone into liquidation, just weeks before it was due to…
June edition: quick guide to Telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items
AusDoc’s telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items Quick Guide for June is now available. Use this quick reference day-to-day as a practical prompt for telehealth and COVID-19…
