RACGP warns of ‘another NDIS’ if Medicare opens up to allied health
Giving allied health unfettered access to Medicare rebates will result in 'ballooning costs', says RACGP president Dr Nicole Higgins
Australia risks replicating the ballooning costs and fragmented care of the NDIS if nurses and pharmacists are allowed to bill Medicare, the RACGP says.
With the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report due within weeks, Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler said he wanted to see “a much more liberated ability for all healthcare professionals; doctors, nurses, allied health professionals” to contribute to primary healthcare.
