Is there no escaping Medicare’s tentacles?
This week many doctors learnt something new about Medicare’s compliance unit and the reach of its numerous tentacles. Since 2020, legislation has been in effect…
This week many doctors learnt something new about Medicare’s compliance unit and the reach of its numerous tentacles. Since 2020, legislation has been in effect…
Health officials are tracking doctors making potentially fraudulent Medicare claims from overseas via passenger movement records provided by the Department of Home Affairs. Despite the…
A GP who appealed Professional Services Review findings on the basis he was not offered multiple in-person hearings during a nine-month investigation has lost his court…
Ditching the rule that nurse practitioners must have formal doctor support to bill Medicare is unlikely to trigger a mass migration of nurses attempting to…
A second review of ECG rebates cuts has once again called on the Federal Government to let GPs claim better paid MBS items for performing…
One of the aged care facilities where I see residents has a car space under a shady tree reserved for doctors. It seems a welcoming…
The RACGP says a nurse practitioner has “deeply offended” doctors by comparing collaborative prescribing rules to domestic violence. But nurse practitioner Chris O’Donnell says he…
The Federal Government’s per-patient spending on general practice has fallen from $460 to $420 in one year, which an expert says reflects not just the…
The impact of tripling bulk-billing rates last November has been clear, at least according to Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler. For GPs,…
GP bulk-billing has bounced back by 2.1% in the two months since the Federal Government tripled bulk-billing incentives, the Minister for Health and Aged Care…
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