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The health system is still awaiting modernisation
4 October 2017 - Five decades on from an important speech about fixing Australia’s healthcare system, better policy is still ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2017
Introduction of mandatory arrangements for PBS Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy claims
5 September 2017 - From 1 December 2017, approved suppliers will be required to enter a compounder ID when submitting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2017
Find common ground on health: Roxon
1 September 2017 - Former health minister Nicola Roxon has warned that Australia’s healthcare leaders need to find common ground ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2017
Health Minister hears consumer case for health reform
23 August 2017 - Healthcare consumers have today put the case to Health Minister, Greg Hunt, for his National Health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
Private health insurance fix hurdle
19 July 2017 - The reform committee set up by the Turnbull government to fix private health insurance has found ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2017
Pharmacy review - an update from the Chair
12 July 2017 - The Chair of the Review Panel, Professor Stephen King, is pleased to release four additional reports ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2017
Serious concerns over true intentions of review
5 July 2017 - Nearly two weeks on from the release of the Interim Report of the Pharmacy Remuneration and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2017
Revised dispensing of PBS items for nursing home residents
30 June 2017 - Commencing July, pharmacists should include the RACFId for the nursing home each time a PBS/RPBS item ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2017
Interim report ‘a step backwards’
27 June 2017 - Peak bodies have come together to highlight potential problems with King Review suggestions. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2017
‘Overcharging’ claims give false impression
26 June 2017 - Guild condemns PBS price fixing suggestion as article accuses pharmacies of overcharging. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2017
Has the interim report considered long term supply chain impacts?
23 June 2017 - Medicines Australia welcomes the release of the Interim Report of Pharmacy Review but has concerns about ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2017
Chemists have been overcharging customers for medicines a government review finds
24 June 2017 - The price of the same PBS medicine can vary by up to 200% from shop to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2017
Consumer voice for community pharmacy
22 June 2017 - Consumers would win an important place in future negotiations about government payments to pharmacy owners and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2017
Release of the review's interim report
22 June 2017 - The Review is pleased to present the interim report for the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2017
Health Minister Greg Hunt shoots down department's secret hospital plan
29 May 2017 - Health department bosses have described their radical proposal to remake hospital funding as "future gazing" after ...