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Survey: Should GPs be allowed to charge membership fees for bulk-billed consults?

17th September 2019

It's the latest heated debate in general practice. Exactly why are not-for-profit GP co-operatives allowed to charge annual…

16th September 2019

All GPs should be allowed to charge membership fees in return for bulk-billing and there is no clear law against them doing…

9th September 2019

The RACGP has called on the Federal Government to explain how a growing number of not-for-profits can charge patients…

4th September 2019

Medicare’s expert advice service seems to have declared GP co-operatives, which charge membership fees while offering bulk…

27th September 2019

This publication is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Health. Common Sense Pathology is…

2nd September 2019

Some GPs say they will lose more than $20,000 in Medicare revenue a year under looming cuts to rural bulk-billing incentives…

26th August 2019

Thousands of GPs working in outer suburbs and regional towns will see rebates fall when they lose access to rural bulk…

21st August 2019

Federal bureaucrats have used PBS script and MBS information to trace eight million patients on behalf of medical…