Two GP after-hours providers merge in multimillion-dollar deal
A takeover deal has seen two of Australia’s after-hours providers join together with a combined GP workforce of around 400. GP-led DoctorSquare, which was formerly…
Tag: Telehealth
Prominent GP telehealth corporate bought by medicinal cannabis firm for $25 million
A cannabis company has taken over high-profile GP telehealth corporate Doctors on Demand, with a pledge to start filling prescriptions online as part of “end-to-end”…
MBS items for initial specialist consults conducted via video face the axe
Specialists will be prevented from claiming MBS items for initial consults via video under a crackdown suggested by the MBS Review Advisory Committee. The committee…
Tell your MP to fix telehealth bulk-billing bureaucracy: RACGP
The RACGP has rolled out a pro-forma letter for GPs to send to local MPs about the bureaucratic rules for bulk-billed telehealth consultations. The GP backlash…
Clamp down on existing relationship exemptions in telehealth rules, MBS Review suggests
The MBS Review is suggesting scrapping Medicare’s telehealth items for smoking cessation and enforcing an existing relationship rule on the items for pregnancy counselling. The…
Govt ‘committed’ to fixing bulk-billing rules after telehealth paperwork backlash: AMA
The Minister for Health and Aged Care will consider legal changes to remove the “frustrating” paperwork demands on GPs’ bulk-billed telehealth appointments, the AMA says. …
GPs push back on ‘outdated’ paperwork rule for bulk-billed telehealth consults
GPs have spoken out against Medicare rules requiring them to get patient consent to bulk-bill a telehealth consultation and then send the documentation to the…
Practice launches $45-a-month subscription plan where GPs keep all their billings
A GP practice is promising patients a “no-gap private billing experience” with same-day or next-day appointments for a subscription fee of $45 a month. GPs…
‘McMedicine’: Woolies flame-grilled over its naturopath consults
Woolworths’ new venture into healthcare, including free naturopath consultations, has been branded “McMedicine”, with the supermarket giant accused of trying to hook people into buying its…
Attorney-General declares VAD teleconsults ‘an incitement to suicide’ in court battle with GP
Federal laws on inciting suicide are intended to encompass phone consults on voluntary euthanasia, placing GPs at legal risk of $200,000 fines, lawyers for the…
