Only half of doctors understand Medicare item requirements: MDO survey
Barely half of doctors understand Medicare item requirements or know where to find information on billing, suggests a medical defence organisaton survey. In a survey…
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Axe rebates for non-GP specialists who charge double the schedule fee: union
Doctors who charge double the Medicare schedule fee should lose access to rebates for those consultations, the Health Services Union says. The union has taken…
Is the ‘biggest ever’ bulk-billing boost the game changer Mark Butler desires?
Today marks the biggest financial injection into GP bulk-billing in Medicare’s history, according to Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler. Whether this translates…
The new $191 level E consult is ‘no quick fix’ for complex care, says top GP
The RACGP and AMA finally won their battle for a level E consultation item on Medicare this year after many years of fighting. Alongside higher…
November’s MBS changes are meant to be big, big news: What they mean for you
Increased bulk-billing incentives, a new higher rebate for 60 minute plus consultations, along with new items for phone calls and aged care are coming into…
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…
Why GPs should expect more cash for ‘frequent flyer’ patients
There is a revolutionary vision for the future of general practice. Yes, the specialty is cash-starved, withered by chronic workforce shortages, assailed by the spectre…
Bad oral health can lead to clinical horrors — so why has Medicare gone AWOL?
Back in 1977, my role as a hospital-based dentist was limited to repairing broken dentures, placing the odd temporary filling on a ward, and the…
Bulk-billing rate drops to 72% for face-to-face level B consults
The bulk-billing rate for the standard face-to-face GP consult has fallen from 80% to 72% in a year, show data from the Department of Health…
