Let insurers fund naturopathy again, says govt review led by Professor Michael Kidd
A long-delayed review of the ban on private health insurers funding 16 alternative therapies has recommended lifting the ban for seven of them. The ban…
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Telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items — your April Quick Guide
Get the most important MBS telehealth and COVID-19 items for GPs at a glance with AusDoc’s April Quick Guide. The MBS Quick Guide to routine attendance…
Qld Govt reveals details of puberty blocker review
A ban on public clinics initiating puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to under-18s will last for at least eight months after the Queensland Government revealed…
Dr Adam Louws made national news by taking a GP job in a tiny town — now he’s leaving
When GP Dr Adam Louws took a job in Julia Creek it made headlines from the ABC to the Daily Mail. The Queensland town, 600km…
How are the pharmacy prescribing trials tracking adverse events?
A GP and researcher evaluating three pharmacy prescribing trials says his team considered randomised controlled trials but decided it was impractical. The NSW experiments into…
‘Terrible mistake’: Cop who killed aged care patient with taser given 425 hours community service
A police officer has been spared jail for what a judge described as his terrible mistake of fatally tasering a great-grandmother with dementia. Former senior…
Half the patients using Mark Butler’s urgent care clinics as alternative to GPs, evaluation suggests
Half of patients who went to one of the Federal Government’s urgent care clinics used it as an alternative to general practice rather than ED,…
Dr Bek Hoffman on privately billing, helping domestic violence survivors and why the two are linked
What does free healthcare for domestic violence victims have to do with GP fees? GP Dr Bek Hoffman described “going through all the stages of…
Medical Must-See: Can drug-laced cement set a new standard for Seymour fracture treatment?
Seymour fractures are notoriously difficult to treat, but Japanese doctors have laid the groundwork for a rock-solid fix: vancomycin-impregnated calcium phosphate cement. A Seymour fracture…
Your April MBS Quick Guide
AusDoc’s MBS Quick Guide for April is now available. Use this quick guide as a handy reference for in-practice billing needs for some of the most…
