Australian Doctor News

GP telehealth set to expand in the bush

29th October 2019
GPs will gain access to four new Medicare items for telehealth consults with patients in remote areas, under an update to…
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Money and Medicare
6Minutes News

Patients changing their minds over My Health Record

24th October 2019
Nearly as many people are opting back into the government's national health record system as are opting out. Health…
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Digital health record
Australian Doctor News

Call for capitation to fix 'broken' rural system

24th October 2019
Medicare is broken in remote areas and should be replaced with a new system based on capitation, says the GP head of a major…
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Dr Ross Lamplugh
Australian Doctor News

GPs targeted over imaging requests

22nd October 2019
GPs who make high numbers of imaging requests will be sent letters urging them to reflect on their practice, in a new…
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Dr Richard Kidd
Australian Doctor News

After-hours corporate challenges PSR inquiry

11th October 2019
The employment status of 56 doctors is at the centre of a court case into allegations the country’s largest after-hours GP…
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Federal court
Specialist Updates Psychiatry

Call for city psychs to get telehealth rebates: MBS taskforce

3rd October 2019
Psychiatrists would be able to claim Medicare for telehealth in the major cities but lose loadings for doing so in rural…
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telehealth
Australian Doctor News

PSR investigates after-hours corporate giant

3rd October 2019
The Medicare watchdog has launched an investigation into Australia’s largest after-hours GP corporate over whether it…
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Justice