RACGP ultimatum: Mark Butler must reveal new care plan rebates or shelve the changes
The RACGP says the Federal Government must confirm the updated rebates for writing and reviewing GP care plans or delay its long-planned reforms until next…
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‘Health policy failure’: Coroner says baby who was ineligible for Medicare fell through the cracks
A newborn who died from malnutrition complications was ineligible for a Medicare-funded domiciliary review through the hospital where she was born and fell through the…
‘We can’t forget to fund the current system while we design the future system’: RACGP president-elect
By the time Dr Michael Wright even becomes RACGP president, care plans rebates will be different, the Scope of Practice Review will be done and…
Should GPs worry that the govt’s re-engineered rebates for chronic disease management plans are a big mystery?
Many GPs forgot about the Federal Government’s promise to axe the $130 team care arrangement item back in 2023, until last month’s news that the…
RACGP presidential candidate Professor Michael Clements responds to the big questions facing general practice
This is the last of AusDoc’s question-and-answer articles with the GPs bidding for your vote in the RACGP presidential election, to be held later this…
RACGP election: Presidential candidate Dr Monirul Haque answers AusDoc’s big questions
RACGP members will vote for a new president this month and AusDoc has asked the five candidates to respond to our burning questions about the…
Urgent care clinics vs MyMedicare: Where does Mark Butler’s real interest in general practice lie?
The health minister’s recent speech to the AMA faithful had a theme running through it that was something like: do you remember the bad old…
MBS items for team care arrangements to be scrapped from November
Medicare items for writing and reviewing GP care plans will receive equal rebates from November, but it means that the rebates for team care arrangements…
Why I apologised when a patient paid only half my fee
The growing gap between doctors’ fees and Medicare rebates is constant fodder for news outlets these days. It is getting too expensive to have babies…
Meet the five GPs vying to lead the RACGP
Five GPs are in the race to replace Dr Nicole Higgins as the next RACGP president this November. Whoever succeeds will take on the political…
