Australia is being menaced by managed care: We’d be foolish to ignore the warning signs
They say everything is bigger in America — cars, coffee cups, and, as I recently saw firsthand, corporate control over healthcare. The US health system…
Tag: Corporates
General practice is supposedly dying, so why are investors stalking GP clinics?
If GP corporates run on tiny profit margins, why do they sell for hundreds of millions of dollars? “It’s a good question because it doesn’t…
Are GP perceptions of the corporates finally changing? AusDoc survey results
They have been part of the specialty for 40 years but have they changed hearts and minds.
Telehealth corporate’s founders hit rich list with $150 million fortune
Three founders of Eucalyptus, the telehealth corporate known for prescribing semaglutide at scale, have accrued fortunes of $52 million each, according to the Australian Financial…
GP corporate behind pharmacy HPV screening launches $20 ‘menopause blood test’
Wesfarmers-owned GP telehealth corporate InstantScripts is offering a $20 “Menopause and Perimenopause Blood Test”, weeks after it was criticised for its pharmacy HPV screening plan.…
‘Other drugs are available’: Compounded semaglutide ban having no impact, claim telehealth corporates
Doctors at telehealth corporates have moved to Wegovy and Mounjaro as weight loss treatments ahead of today’s ban on semaglutide compounding. The Federal Government announced…
What do you think of corporate medicine in 2024? Take the AusDoc survey
It has been more than 25 years since the first corporate GP practices emerged. The questions still rage. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering…
Medical corporate offering CGM to non-diabetic patients under new ‘health optimisation’ service
A high-profile telehealth corporate is offering men a preventive health program involving a suite of tests such as testosterone, HbA1C and cholesterol, with results sent…
Major GP corporate could be sold for $1 billion: report
The GP corporate once known as Primary Health Care could be changing hands yet again — reportedly for $1 billion. The clinic group established by…
Corporate GPs more conscientious and just as satisfied with their work, researchers claim
GPs working for corporates are more conscientious than their non-corporate peers and have similar job satisfaction but are less happy with their work–life balance, say…
