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Lymphoma patients to benefit from new cancer therapy
5 August 2021 - Australians suffering from a rare type of blood cancer will now have access to a highly specialised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2021
New CAR T-cell therapy option now available in Australia for patients with aggressive blood cancer
5 August 2021 - Eligible patients can now access Yescarta through Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne and Royal Brisbane and Women’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2021
Time for corporate health insurers to front up on savings
29 June 2021 - The Medical Technology Association of Australia has called on the corporate health insurance industry to commit ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2021
Guaranteeing Medicare
1 July 2021 - The Australian Government is investing record funding in Medicare, providing more support to Australians as we face ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jun 2021
New cancer gene test: are you eligible?
29 June 2021 - In a world first, young Australians will be offered a genetic test to discover whether they carry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2021
MSAC consultation process - changes to take effect from 1 July 2021
16 June 2021 - MSAC is implementing changes to its consultation process from 1 July 2021. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2021
MSAC Technical Guidelines - release of guidelines for preparing assessments for the Medical Services Advisory Committee (Version 1.0, May 2021)
16 June 2021 - The Department of Health is pleased to announce the publication of the Guidelines for Preparing Assessments ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
AMA and Australian Government agree to strengthening the MBS review process and informed financial consent
8 June 2021 - The Australian Government and the Australian Medical Association have reached agreement to work together to co-design the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2021
Medicare rebate changes for surgeries kick in next month, but doctors say more time is needed
7 June 2021 - One of the biggest overhauls of the Medicare rebate system in decades is set to kick ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2021
GP bulk billing services at record highs
6 June 2021 - More Australians than ever are getting the medical care they need at no cost to themselves, with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2021
Patients set to pay thousands more as rebates cut in raft of radical Medicare changes
6 June 2021 - A chaotic attempt to modernise the 38 year old Medicare system could see patients hit with higher ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2021
Health insurers ‘sit on pot of gold’, say private hospitals
21 May 2021 - Private hospitals say health insurers must promise to reduce premium hikes or pay cash back to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2021
MSAC publishes agenda for upcoming ESC meeting
14 May 2021 - The MSAC Secretariat has published a list of the applications scheduled to be considered at the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2021
MTAA optimistic as Government rejects insurer led push to abolish Prosthesis List
11 May 2021 - The Medical Technology Association of Australia has welcomed the Government’s decision to retain the Prostheses List ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2021
Cancer deaths could be reduced with genomic testing investment, says National Oncology Alliance
26 April 2021 - Half of the more than 550,000 Australians expected to die from cancer in the next decade could ...