How GP rebates have ‘shrinkflated’ to their lowest-ever point
A newly fellowed GP crunched the numbers on the dwindling support for general practice.
Tag: Remuneration
Is the proposed urgent care model pie in the sky?
Labor’s capture of the Central Coast seat in the election this year has brought a new perspective on how to manage overcrowded EDs. It has…
What you need to know about the crazy, over-the-top legal costs of litigation
It is often said that the only winners in personal injury claims are the lawyers. In medical negligence claims, plaintiffs (aka the patients) are invariably…
Beginning of the end? Bulk-billing rate for the standard GP consult falls
Even the big corporates are now warning of a collapse.
So why are MBS rebates for longer mental health consults lower than a normal level C?
We have asked the new Health Minister whether he will end this MBS oddity.
GPs using interpreters given Medicare green light to claim longer consults
The government’s allowance to level up MBS items to account for interpreters will not cover the majority of this GP’s work.
Are the states about to take over the running of rural GP services?
There is talk of topping up the incomes of GPs who bulk-bill.
Govt confirms end of rebates for longer telephone consults
But the Minister for Health has put off plans for a '30/20' compliance regime.
‘Universal bulk-billing is dead’: Medicare increases rebate for standard GP consult by 65 cents
With the government increasing the rebate for a standard GP consult by 63 cents tomorrow, Dr Tibor Konkoly says the specialty needs to protect itse…
GPs vote to keep paying the RACGP president for her work
The RACGP board's pay package was approved by 58% of voters.
