Why GP practices are charging $500 a year in membership fees for no-gap consults
Almost 100 GP practices are now charging membership fees in exchange for no-gap consultations, according to medical fee listing company Cleanbill. The results of its…
Tag: Bulk-billing
Half of bulk-billing GP practices have switched to mixed billing in the last two years: report
The amount of GP practices bulk-billing 80% of appointments or more fell by half in the past two years, a report by billing software company…
Hundreds of universal bulk-billing GP clinics missing in action
Over 450 fully bulk-billing clinics closed or switched to charging some patients out-of-pocket fees in the past year, an analysis reveals. The analysis, conducted by…
Have tripled incentives boosted the bulk-billing rate in your area? Find out here
The impact of tripling bulk-billing rates last November has been clear, at least according to Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler. For GPs,…
Mark Butler says tripled incentives have ‘stopped the slide’ after GP bulk-billing rises
GP bulk-billing has bounced back by 2.1% in the two months since the Federal Government tripled bulk-billing incentives, the Minister for Health and Aged Care…
‘Vote with your feet’ if GPs are not bulk-billing: Butler
Patients should “vote with their feet” and shop around for GP practices that bulk-bill, the federal Minister for Health and Aged Care says. Speaking to…
Raise level C rebate to $96 and fund annual child health checks: RACGP
The RACGP wants a 20% increase to Medicare rebates for level C, level D and mental health consults, saying the current rebate structure undermines chronic…
Ministers are deluded if they think they can shame GPs into reversing the bulk-billing collapse
The rise in the cost of living and cost of housing is probably more catastrophic to people on the breadline than not being able to…
Stop talking about boosting bulk-billing rates and admit the truth: The money is still not enough
The changes to Medicare and general practice over the course of the year have sent the strongest signal ever that the public should not expect…
Does bulk-billing help the vulnerable patients who really need it?
AusDoc once dubbed the bulk-billing rate of a level B GP consultation one of Australia’s greatest medical mysteries. It was the standard consult and it…
