Australian Doctor News

Investigation launched into Dept of Health's letter campaign against doctors

10th January 2020
The Department of Health’s 'nudge' campaigns, aimed at changing doctors’ prescribing and billing behaviour with strongly…
Read more
Letters
Australian Doctor News

January MBS Quick Guide - ready for download

9th January 2020
Australian Doctor's updated MBS Quick Guide is a handy reference to keep track of the changes to some of the most commonly…
Read more
Australian Doctor News

Sexist textbooks, BERT's return and the $500K defamation case: AusDoc stories of 2019

20th December 2019
It's part two - the fate of BERT; one of the biggest defamation payouts in Australian legal history; and, to begin with, why…
Read more
2019
Australian Doctor News

Charlie Teo, UTI menace and 40-minute care plans: AusDoc stories of the year

20th December 2019
Australian Doctor is employing the retrospecs to take a look back at the main stories of year.  At number 6 and 7 we reach…
Read more
2019
Australian Doctor News

GPs to get new MBS items for patient enrolment

18th December 2019
GPs will be offered new MBS items to enrol older patients with chronic conditions with their practice. The $450 million…
Read more
Medicare
Australian Doctor News

Let GPs provide hospital-in-the-home care, says college

27th November 2019
Private health insurance should pay for GPs to treat cancer patients, dress wounds or provide post-cardiac care in patients’…
Read more
Empty hospital beds
Australian Doctor News

Fears over government plans to share PBS and MBS patient data

31st October 2019
A plan for the government to share more health information with researchers might deter privacy-conscious patients from…
Read more
Records