GPs’ guide to COVID-19 and telehealth MBS items in November
Get the most important MBS items for GPs at a glance with AusDoc’s November telehealth and COVID-19 Quick Guide. The MBS Quick Guide to attendance items is…
Tag: Telehealth
Govt decision to tie care plan rebates to MyMedicare will ‘punish special interest GPs’
A GP with a non-accredited solo practice says the MyMedicare patient enrolment scheme is fragmenting care and hurting special interest GPs. Rebates for level C…
Doctor wrote 12,000 medicinal cannabis scripts in six months, says AHPRA
A doctor working for a telehealth cannabis clinic has prescribed 12,000 medicinal cannabis scripts in six months, according to AHPRA — an average of 90…
Plan for cervical cancer screening in Priceline pharmacies triggers GP backlash
A plan for HPV swabbing in pharmacies will put women at risk of unexpected bills and poor follow-up, a leading GP says. Priceline announced earlier…
Bupa clinical director defends decision to offer free telehealth consults for scripts and referrals
This week, Bupa revealed its offering 24/7 access to free telehealth consults, with patients able to secure prescriptions and referrals without having to see their…
Private health insurer offers free telehealth consults to two million members
Bupa is offering its two million members free telehealth consults with doctors, claiming they will avoid hundreds of dollars in gap fees. The patients will…
‘Other drugs are available’: Compounded semaglutide ban having no impact, claim telehealth corporates
Doctors at telehealth corporates have moved to Wegovy and Mounjaro as weight loss treatments ahead of today’s ban on semaglutide compounding. The Federal Government announced…
Four GPs admit breaches of Medicare’s 30/20 rule for phone consults: PSR
The PSR has reported its first cases of doctors repaying Medicare rebates after breaching the 30/20 rule on phone consults. Introduced in October 2022, the…
Your Quick Guide to telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items in October
Get the most important MBS items for GPs at a glance, with AusDoc’s October telehealth and COVID-19 Quick Guide. The MBS Quick Guide to attendance items, is…
Caring for your dying patients through a computer screen: ‘I wanted to give them a big hug’
“People were almost grieving for their lost ability to see patients and families in person.” Throughout 2019, Victorian medical oncologist and palliative care physician Dr…
