Review of bulk billing consent requirement flagged DoH is looking into ‘assignment of benefit’ requirement for bulk billing, with the arrangement under the spotlight due to telehealth.
Falling bulk billing rates a ‘sign of things to come’, RACGP warns To avoid patients missing out on care, the college is calling for urgent action, with a funding boost for general practice top of the agenda.
General practice patient numbers leap by more than a million The number of people using GP services has climbed substantially since the pandemic began, according to new AIHW statistics.
Antenatal care item descriptor ‘doesn’t scratch the surface’ GPs are pushing for an update to the two-word, 30-year-old MBS descriptor to better reflect the level of care that falls under it.
MBS clarity needed to boost long COVID care: RACGP Medicare flaws must be addressed to help mitigate the ‘far reaching’ impact of long COVID, a college submission to Parliament has said.
True extent of poor Medicare indexation revealed More than $8.5 billion has been withheld from just one commonly used MBS item number alone, an AMA report has found.
Senator raises ‘distressing’ impact of controversial Medicare fraud reports Recent Medicare fraud and non-compliance claims have been roundly rejected by public officials and politicians in a Senate Estimates hearing at Parliament House.
In Practice: AGM voting to soon open From next week, members can vote on two ordinary resolutions and one special resolution for the college’s Annual General Meeting.
Surge in older people eligible for health card Changes designed to ease cost of living pressures will create thousands more cardholders, but GPs are being reminded that bulk billing is at their own discretion.
Survey suggests huge scale of GP under-billing Only a tiny minority of respondents to a recent newsGP poll say their income is unaffected by the under-billing of Medicare items.