Medicare in trouble for spending $4000 on urgent care teddy bears
Bureaucrats have been forced to defend their decision to spend $4000 of taxpayer cash on teddy bears to promote Medicare’s GP urgent care clinics. …
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‘Back at work two weeks after having a baby’: GP registrars want fix for parental leave dilemma
GP registrars who have returned to work weeks after having children are calling for a government-backed parental leave fund that could eventually sustain itself through…
Payroll tax will force standard consult fees up $12, says HotDoc CEO
GP practices facing payroll tax bills will raise their standard consultation fees by $12 on average, according to a survey by GP booking site HotDoc.…
AHPRA changes social media guidelines after doctors reported for Gaza posts
Israeli anti-war activists call for ceasefire in Jerusalem. AAP.This story has been updated to include greater detail of the guideline updates. Doctors who call for…
Mark Butler says tripled incentives have ‘stopped the slide’ after GP bulk-billing rises
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…
‘Vote with your feet’ if GPs are not bulk-billing: Butler
Patients should “vote with their feet” and shop around for GP practices that bulk-bill, the federal Minister for Health and Aged Care says. Speaking to…
AHPRA says 29 doctors facing complaints over Israel–Gaza war comments
Doctors have been reported to AHPRA over social media posts on the Israel–Palestine war, with the watchdog currently “making enquiries” into 29 doctors and 10…
Medical college axes MSF doctor’s speech over ‘political narrative’
A keynote speech by an Australian doctor currently in Gaza has been dropped from the emergency medicine college’s annual scientific meeting over its ‘political’ content.…
Bulk-billing rate now at 68% for standard GP consults
The bulk-billing rate for item 23 has fallen from 76% in July-September 2022 to 67.9% in the corresponding three months of 2023. The figures are…
Family-run GP business could face nine-year backdated payroll tax bill
Dr Martin Sia (left) with his daughter, Grace Sia.A GP practice group with 76 GPs says it faces the prospect of a nine-year backdated payroll…
