Medicare should streamline health assessment items, not expand them: AMA
The AMA has backed a single set of criteria for patients to access Medicare health assessments for chronic disease, diabetes and heart health checks. The…
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AMA urges medical board to ditch any push for mandatory cognitive testing of older doctors
The AMA has called on the Medical Board of Australia to ditch any demand for mandatory cognitive screening of late-career doctors as part of its…
Bulk-bill patients and we’ll become your landlord — state government’s latest election pledge to GPs
The Queensland Government is pledging to lease 50 rent-free practices to GPs in return for bulk-billing under it’s latest $365 million re-election promise. Unveiled over the…
Faux outrage or Faux rage? It’s time for the AMA to admit some doctors are misusing Medicare
Earlier this year I wrote an opinion piece on the issue of non-compliant Medicare billing. I approached the problem from a sociological perspective. × Welcome…
Queensland’s GP practices to be permanently exempt from payroll tax menace
It has been a pained battle over the past two years, but general practices in Queensland will become the first to be permanently exempt from…
The AMA says it’s extortionate, but how much are you paying to work as a doctor? Take the AusDoc survey
This year, medical registration fees for the majority of doctors hit four figures — $1027 a year. Professor Steve Robson for one was unhappy, describing…
Delay to MBS care plan reforms disappointing but necessary, says AMA vice-president
Given the silence from the Department of Health and Aged Care in recent weeks, no-one should be surprised that reform of GP care plans and…
Medical board’s $1027 rego fee ‘extortionate’, says Professor Steve Robson
The AMA president says that Medical Board of Australia fees are “extortionate” and “unjustified” as doctors pay $1027 to renew their registration this year. The…
Wanted: The names of dead doctors as legendary as Chrissy Amphlett or Dame Edna
There is the Harold Holt Swim Centre, Amphlett Lane and Dame Edna Place, and now AMA Victoria wants legendary doctors to be honoured. The state…
‘Limited clinical oversight’: State minister to ban pharmacists from prescribing vapes to adults
The Tasmanian Government is refusing to implement a federal plan to let pharmacists sell vapes without a GP script, claiming it will turn pharmacies into…
