Responding to the needs of Hobart residents, the Albanese Government has introduced two fully bulk billed Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) in the region. The first clinic, Your Hobart Doctor on Bathurst Street, is already ...
The Australian Medical Association highlights the critical need for better indexation of Medicare to address problems of access and affordability, citing poor indexation as contributing to declining bulk billing rates and higher out-of-pocket costs for ...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has put healthcare reform at the top of his agenda with a planned overhaul of the Medicare system and improvements to primary care. The National cabinet will convene next week to ...
The Australian Government’s 2022-23 Budget begins the task of strengthening Medicare after a decade of cuts and neglect. This is a Budget for the health of every Australian. Overall spending on health ($104.1b), aged care ...
A joint investigation by ABC and Nine has uncovered an $8 billion annual leakage in the Medicare system, prompting the federal government to look into the fraud activity. According to ABC News, the flaws within ...
The Albanese Government is improving access to healthcare across the country, with all states and the Northern Territory (NT) signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Commonwealth to continue Medicare bulk billing services ...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has urged the federal Government to defer changes to Medicare claiming rules for telehealth consultations. It comes following RACGP Vice President Dr Bruce Willett writing to the ...
Following extensive consultation with stakeholders, the Morrison Government will extend the consultation period for the updated National Medicines Policy (NMP). The review, which has been underway since August 2021, has already undertaken significant stakeholder feedback ...
Psychologists are pushing for patients to be able to see them and claim a Medicare rebate without a GP mental health plan or referral, at least for initial sessions, arguing the current system is hampering ...
Essential medical care is more affordable with the number of Australians receiving essential Medicare with no out of pocket cost continuing to rise. Across all Medicare services, the bulk billing rate reached a record high ...
New Medicare items will encourage eligible health providers to work together more closely to support the health of vulnerable Australians. From today, allied health professionals will – for the first time – be reimbursed through ...
Medicare items and services will be reviewed by experts on an ongoing basis to ensure the Medicare Schedule remains contemporary and provides universal access to the best technologies and services under new arrangements introduced by ...
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