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Telehealth and COVID-19 items — MBS Quick Guide for May
Get the most important MBS telehealth and COVID-19 items for GPs at a glance with AusDoc’s May Quick Guide. The MBS Quick Guide to routine attendance…
‘Young lives destroyed’: Why this GP has set up a long COVID clinic
Dr David Fineberg was shocked when he saw previously fit soldiers who could barely rise from a chair as a result of long COVID. …
‘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…
Telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items — your April Quick Guide
Get the most important MBS telehealth and COVID-19 items for GPs at a glance with AusDoc’s April Quick Guide. The MBS Quick Guide to routine attendance…
JAMA paper says COVID-19 antiviral does little for vaccinated over-70s, but experts point to study limitations
COVID-19 antiviral nirmatrelvir-ritonavir cuts neither hospitalisations nor deaths among vaccinated older adults, a US-Canadian study has suggested. However, Australian experts say the ‘natural experiment’ study…
March into an MBS rebrand — AusDoc’s Quick Guide to video, phone and COVID-19 items
From 1 March, existing MBS ‘telehealth’ attendance items will be referred to as ‘video’ items. The MBS item numbers, descriptors and rebates remain otherwise the same,…
Transplant a promising cure for COVID-19 lung injury: first Australian case
Australia’s first patient to undergo a lung transplant to treat an irreversible COVID-19-related lung injury has had a successful outcome, his doctors say. After spending…
The region at tipping point after five GP practices close in a year
When a Cairns practice called Trinity GPs shut down last month, it marked the fifth local GP practice closure in just a year. The city…
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.…
