The expansion of bulk-billing incentives to GPs has captured headlines, but the Federal Government’s $8.5 billion pre-election health cash splash has a few pieces. Underpinning…
Under its flagship re-election policy, the Federal Government is promising nine out of 10 GP visits will be free from out-of-pocket expenses by 2030. As…
Medicare items for inserting IUDs or contraceptive implants would have 40% loading if bulk-billed, in addition to rebates more than doubling, under the Federal Government’s…
The AMA has called for a major restructuring of GP attendance items with new time tiers and new rebates. It says the current items have…
The Federal Government is finally planning to enforce Medicare’s ‘existing relationship’ telehealth rule for nurse practitioners, but not until November. The rule means that a…
Another boost to bulk-billing incentives could be on the horizon if Labor wins the upcoming election. Lifting the incentive paid to GPs would likely be…
A GP supervisor has been found guilty of altering medical records on an “industrial scale” in an attempt to cover up his inappropriate Medicare claims.…
It has been 17 months since the Federal Government’s patient enrolment scheme opened. More than 6000 GP practices and around two million patients are now…
Radiologists say the proposed Medicare rebates for the upcoming National Lung Cancer Screening Program, which will be mandatory to bulk-bill, are around $100 too low.…
GPs missed out on $140 million in a year by not claiming new tripled bulk-billing incentives on eligible consultations, the Department of Health and Aged…
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