Significant assignment of benefit reform on the way The RACGP has welcomed legislation to overhaul and streamline the process for bulk billed Medicare services, which is currently ‘stuck in the 1970s’.
Doctors establish ‘parallel health system’ for those fleeing Gaza A network of 500 medical professionals has rallied to rollout free healthcare to refugees unable to access Medicare, creating lifesaving change.
In Practice: AIR updates ahead of flu season The Australian Immunisation Register has made enhancements to COVID-19 and influenza vaccine information in preparation for the 2024 winter season.
Federal Budget 2024–25: A detailed breakdown for GPs An infuriated RACGP says the Government has failed to bolster the GP workforce or improve mental health support, in a Budget it labelled ‘a missed opportunity’.
Federal Budget 2024–25 ‘dropped the ball’: RACGP The college has slammed the Government’s spending, labelling it a ‘huge disappointment’ which ignores struggling patients and exacerbates a critical GP shortage.
Medicare: How did we get here? Ahead of the Federal Budget, a GP of nearly 50 years has shared his story of Medicare – one he says is ‘full of naivety, misconceptions, deceptions’.
Call to action: Help shape the future of general practice GPs are being urged to add their ideas to a new Scope of Practice submission, as the RACGP fights against a ‘broken’ healthcare future.
In Practice: Medicare compliance for disability assessments The RACGP is reminding members how to properly conduct MBS health assessments for patients with disability following reports of non-compliance.
‘Funding gets results’: Bulk billing bounces back Patients accessed 950,000 additional subsidised GP visits in the five months since new incentives rolled out, according to government estimates.
Government warned GPs have ‘reached their limit’ with Medicare With the national cost-of-living report delayed for a third time, fears are growing that much needed reform won’t make it into the May Budget.