Higher rebates for specialist attendances ‘off the table’ despite $141 average gap fee
The Minister for Health and Aged Care has shot down a suggestion he could raise rebates for non-GP specialists to stop out-of-pocket costs spiralling further…
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State Govt will cover the cost of pharmacist consults for 20 medical conditions including diabetes and hypertension
Victorian pharmacists with extra training will manage and prescribe S4 drugs for type 2 diabetes, hypertension and allergies through taxpayer-funded consultations, Premier Jacinta Allen says.…
Govt-run locum agency will give taxpayers ‘bang for buck’, says State Health Minister
A government-run locum agency is coming “sooner rather than later”, says the NSW Minister for Health as he grapples with a $240 million annual bill…
Will Albo’s dreams of mass bulk-billing spell doom for the GP patient enrolment scheme?
Last year, Mark Butler told an audience of GPs that MyMedicare had finally provided the “foundations of an enduring system” after so many pilots for patients…
1350 consults in first year of pharmacist prescribing in Queensland
Queensland pharmacists have conducted 1350 consultations for medical conditions such as shingles, impetigo and reflux in their first year of prescribing S4 medicines. By May…
125 GPs and one anaesthetist working in Australia via IMG fast track, AHPRA saysÂ
One anaesthetist, one psychiatrist and 125 GPs have started working in Australia via the IMG fast track, according to AHPRA and the Medical Board of…
‘I can’t make doctors do stuff’: Mark Butler insists GPs will choose to bulk-bill all patients
The Minister for Health and Aged Care has batted away GPs’ arguments that tripled bulk-billing incentives for all patients will not mean a wholesale shift…
Should Medicare fund consults when a doctor or patient is overseas?
The AMA is open to Medicare rule changes to allow claims while a doctor or patient is overseas but says the risk is telehealth clinics…
5000 GPs to be sent warning letters over Medicare claiming by doctors or patients outside Australia
More than 5000 GPs are set to receive letters warning them about billing Medicare when either they or their patient is abroad, the RACGP says.…
AMA calls for fresh consultation with doctors over looming restrictions to vitamin B12 test rebates
Whoever wins the 3 May federal election should delay and re-consult on the incoming restrictions on Medicare rebates for vitamin B12 and urine tests, the…
