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Cashed up insurers should hand back profits
5 November 2021 - The latest data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority highlights the need for insurance companies to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2021
Medicare to fund allied health case conferencing
1 November 2021 - New Medicare items will encourage eligible health providers to work together more closely to support the health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2021
New help for Australians on the IVF journey
24 October 2021 - From 1 November 2021, people will be able to claim a Medicare rebate for five new Medicare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2021
Taking the pressure off high blood pressure
23 October 2021 - The Australian Government is investing $40.5 million for a new Medicare Benefits Schedule item to improve the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2021
Medicare rebates for bowel inflammation testing
24 October 2021 - From 1 November 2021, patients with chronic bowel inflammation will be able to claim a Medicare rebate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2021
Pre-implantation genetic testing for IVF to be covered by Medicare
24 October 2021 - Parents who fear passing on their hereditary diseases to children will now get genetic tests covered by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2021
Surgery for women with birth injuries set to be subsidised again
7 October 2021 - Thousands of women who have been living with the pain of birth injuries have been given ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2021
Medical device reforms to lower health fund premiums
2 October 2021 - Health fund premium rises will be 20% lower next year, and the reason for the savings ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2021
The doctors betraying their oath to do no harm
25 September 2021 - Medical procedures that don’t help the patient, overdiagnosis, the ‘medicalisation of normal’… two doctors lift the lid. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Sep 2021
MSAC publishes agenda for upcoming PASC meeting
24 September 2021 - The MSAC Secretariat has published a list of the applications scheduled to be considered at the next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Sep 2021
Doctors too keen to operate, say experts
25 September 2021 - Doctors are routinely over-diagnosing and over-treating conditions that do not require medical intervention, sometimes carrying out ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2021
Medicare bulk billing rates at all time high
18 September 2021 - The latest Medicare data showing that almost nine out of 10 visits to the GP in 2020-21 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2021
MTAA supports call for future of private health summit
13 September 2021 - The Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA) today supported calls from AMA President, Dr Omar Khorshid, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Sep 2021
Medicare Benefits Schedule continuous review to improve patient care
13 September 2021 - Medicare items and services will be reviewed by experts on an on-going basis to ensure the Medicare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Health funds reject claims hospitals hit by prostheses reforms
9 September 2021 - Health insurers say private hospital operators will not be left out of pocket, rejecting claims they ...