RACGP demands return of $80 MBS item for COVID-19 antiviral prescribing
The RACGP is lobbying the Federal Government to bring back the $80.10 MBS item for COVID-19 antiviral prescribing that was axed on Monday. The college…
Tag: Telehealth
Telehealth MBS Quick Guide for July – FY25 rebates and updatesÂ
The new financial year brings indexation of rebates and a raft of changes to items and exemptions to AusDoc’s Telehealth and COVID-19 MBS Items Quick Guide From…
MBS telehealth existing relationship exemption for patients with COVID-19 gets the chop
Patients with COVID-19 will be restricted to telehealth consultations with their regular practice from 1 July after Medicare scraps their exemption to the existing relationship…
Bring back telephone items for chronic disease care plans, MBS Review tells govt
The Federal Government should restore telephone items for GPs writing and reviewing chronic disease care plans, the MBS Continuous Review has recommended in its final…
How Novo Nordisk lobbied AHPRA and the TGA to get compounded semaglutide banned
More than a year before the Federal Government announced its compounding ban, the pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk was making complaints to AHPRA about pharmacies compounding…
Telehealth clinics ‘misleading’ inexperienced doctors into poor prescribing: AHPRA
Telehealth corporates and cannabis clinics are misleading early-career doctors who do not realise they are prescribing inappropriately, AHPRA is warning. The watchdog has announced a…
Dr Nick Coatsworth: Compounded semaglutide ban is a mistake and will harm patients
Former deputy chief medical officer Dr Nick Coatsworth says the Federal Government’s looming ban on compounded semaglutide fails to recognise the life-changing effect of the…
Govt to ban semaglutide compounding from October amid patient safety fears
The TGA is banning pharmacists from compounding semaglutide and other GLP-1 receptor agonists, starting 1 October. About 20,000 patients are currently using compounded semaglutide for…
What’s the best background for your telehealth video consult? Here’s the answer
If you’ve got it, flaunt it — that’s the message from a study showing patients prefer doctors who display diplomas in the background of their…
RACGP warns over ‘farcical’ $20 online sick notes
The RACGP says a loophole in telehealth legislation has led to a proliferation of online medical services offering ‘farcical’ sick certificates, putting both doctors and…
