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Nurse practitioners will be freed to bill Medicare independently of doctors under Fed Govt bill

The changes were flagged in last year’s federal budget.
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20 March 2024
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Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care Ged Kearney.

Nurse practitioners will be free to bill Medicare without clinical backup from a doctor under draft laws introduced to federal Parliament today.

The changes were flagged in last year’s federal budget, along with a 30% rebate boost for Australia’s 1450 FTE nurse practitioners.

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