Telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items: January’s Quick Guide
Get the most important MBS items for GPs at a glance with AusDoc’s January telehealth and COVID-19 Quick Guide. The MBS Quick Guide to attendance items is…
Tag: Telehealth
Telehealth corporate finds its rate of serious clinical errors ‘appears a little high’
This story has been updated. The findings analysed audited consults including all consultations that an algorithm specifically identified as potential high-risk or critical errors, as…
Telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items — December’s issue
Get the most important MBS items for GPs at a glance with AusDoc’s December telehealth and COVID-19 Quick Guide. The MBS Quick Guide to attendance items is…
Should the medical board be worried about the rise of instant medical certificates?
The Medical Board of Australia has raised numerous concerns about the risk of bad medicine with the rise of telehealth services, particularly those offering instant scripts…
Telehealth corporate’s founders hit rich list with $150 million fortune
Three founders of Eucalyptus, the telehealth corporate known for prescribing semaglutide at scale, have accrued fortunes of $52 million each, according to the Australian Financial…
One year on: ADHD prescribing rights expanded but GPs still waiting on promised big changes
With assessments costing thousands of dollars, years-long wait times, exploding demand and little public sector help, ADHD care seemed at breaking point. Exactly one year…
GPs’ guide to COVID-19 and telehealth MBS items in November
Get the most important MBS items for GPs at a glance with AusDoc’s November telehealth and COVID-19 Quick Guide. The MBS Quick Guide to attendance items is…
Govt decision to tie care plan rebates to MyMedicare will ‘punish special interest GPs’
A GP with a non-accredited solo practice says the MyMedicare patient enrolment scheme is fragmenting care and hurting special interest GPs. Rebates for level C…
Doctor wrote 12,000 medicinal cannabis scripts in six months, says AHPRA
A doctor working for a telehealth cannabis clinic has prescribed 12,000 medicinal cannabis scripts in six months, according to AHPRA — an average of 90…
Plan for cervical cancer screening in Priceline pharmacies triggers GP backlash
A plan for HPV swabbing in pharmacies will put women at risk of unexpected bills and poor follow-up, a leading GP says. Priceline announced earlier…
