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…
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Bring back telephone items for chronic disease care plans, MBS Review tells govt
The Federal Government should restore telephone items for GPs writing and reviewing chronic disease care plans, the MBS Continuous Review has recommended in its final…
Tougher Medicare rules for vitamin B12 tests under $365 million pathology savings plan
Health officials are cracking down on Medicare-funded vitamin B12 and urine examination requests as part of a $365 million budget savings plan. From July next…
Let GPs claim higher ECG rebates again: MBS Review
A second review of ECG rebates cuts has once again called on the Federal Government to let GPs claim better paid MBS items for performing…
MBS items for initial specialist consults conducted via video face the axe
Specialists will be prevented from claiming MBS items for initial consults via video under a crackdown suggested by the MBS Review Advisory Committee. The committee…
Clamp down on existing relationship exemptions in telehealth rules, MBS Review suggests
The MBS Review is suggesting scrapping Medicare’s telehealth items for smoking cessation and enforcing an existing relationship rule on the items for pregnancy counselling. The…
‘No strong evidence’ that video telehealth is better than phone calls: RACGP
Health officials should stop treating audio-only phone consults as an inferior form of telehealth, the RACGP says, claiming the stance “is not underpinned by strong…
GPs don’t need to be present when nurses vaccinate – the MBS must change
I have a very simple message for the federal Department of Health and Aged Care: primary healthcare nurses are more than capable of vaccinating patients…
Upgrade or lose Medicare rebates: Exemption ends for outdated diagnostic equipment
The Federal Government reform affects equipment including X-rays, CT scanners, MRIs and ultrasounds.
Medicare rebate rises to $70 for GPs inserting IUDs
The new rebate is still well short of the $150 fee the RACGP recommended back in 2018.
