Australian Doctor News

Greg Hunt declares freeze over on GP Medicare items

3rd June 2019
The Medicare rebates for GP care plans and health assessments are officially rising next month, for the first time in five…
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Greg Hunt
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Download this month's MBS Quick Guide - June

31st May 2019
Your MBS Quick Guide is now available. Download the June MBS guide below and keep it handy to ensure you've got the latest…
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Heart Foundation forced to pull 'heartless' ads promoting GP heart checks

31st May 2019
The National Heart Foundation has apologised for its controversial awareness campaign that suggests people who don't check…
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Specialist Updates Cardiology

MBS task force plots major revamp of specialist attendance items

29th May 2019
The hodgepodge of specialist Medicare attendance items should be scrapped and replaced with GP-style time tiers, an MBS…
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Survey: What's your approach to psoriasis?

12th June 2019
This survey is produced and distributed by Australian Doctor Group on behalf of Leo Pharma. Australian Doctor wants to hear…
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Medicare's sleep apnoea assessments deeply flawed, say specialists

27th May 2019
The sleep apnoea questionnaires that determine whether GPs directly refer patients to MBS-funded sleep studies are unfit for…
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Sleep apnoea / CPAP
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Professor Bruce Robinson on rorters, doctors and the MBS goose: his speech in full

24th May 2019
The work of the MBS Review Taskforce — the attempt to revise, update and modernise the schedule for the first time in 30…
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Speech
Specialist Updates Gastroenterology

Proposed new colonoscopy items will fail 10% of patients: AMA

8th May 2019
Proposed Medicare items for surveillance colonoscopies are too strict and could lead to the suboptimal treatment of 10% of…
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AMA president Dr Tony Bartone