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1 April 2020 price disclosure confirmed prices
31 March 2020 - Confirmed 1 April 2020 prices resulting from the 2020 April cycle of price disclosure have been published ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2020
Earlier access to cheaper medicines for 1.6 million Australians
1 January 2020 - The Australian Government is significantly lowering the threshold for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Safety Net from 1 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2019
Price disclosure 2020 April cycle outcomes summary
18 December 2019 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2020 April Cycle has now been published. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2019
Health insurers call for federal crackdown on public hospital 'fraud'
11 December 2019 - Health funds are calling on federal health minister Greg Hunt to use the government's new data-matching ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2019
Government announces lowest health insurance premium increase in 19 years
7 December 2019 - The federal government has announced the lowest increase in private health insurance premiums in two decades, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2019
'Cannot be trusted ... causing harm': top medical journal takes on big pharma
4 December 2019 - A leading medical journal is launching a global campaign to separate medicine from big pharma, linking ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2019
Private health system in a 'death spiral', says expert, but what can be done to save it?
30 November 2019 - George Savvides, who ran Medibank for 14 years until 2016, describes the exodus of young people ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Nov 2019
Medicare bill ‘puts every Australian at risk’
28 November 2019 - A new Medicare anti-fraud bill would put the privacy of every Australian at risk and create ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Oct 2019
Harmonisation of Authority Required (Streamlined) listings across public and private hospital PBS items for the Section 100 - Highly Specialised Drugs program
25 October 2019 - In response to sector feedback and a recommendation by the PBAC, private hospital listings for medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2019
Health Minister Greg Hunt considering 'supervised prescribing' by pharmacists
17 October 2019 - Health Minister Greg Hunt is considering "supervised prescribing" by pharmacists to ease pressure on the health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Sep 2019
Electronic prescribing
19 September 2019 - Electronic Prescribing will provide an option for prescribers (including doctors, dentists, optometrists, midwives and nurse practitioners), and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
ACCC sues Medibank for incorrectly rejecting health insurance claims
3 September 2019 - Consumer watchdog alleges 60 members upgraded their policies needlessly to access coverage they had already paid for. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Australians paying more for their medication after prescription changes knocked back
2 September 2019 - Aussies are paying double for this essential product. But one powerful group is doing everything to keep ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Aug 2019
Discount chemists the new Uber: former ACCC chief backs pharmacy deregulation
15 August 2019 - Former ACCC chief Graeme Samuel has slammed governments for bowing to the Pharmacy Guild's "political blackmail" ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2019
'Highly protected species': calls for government to stop 'propping up' pharmacies
8 August 2019 - Australia's largest pharmacy retailer is calling on the federal government to stop "propping up" small local ...