MBS point-of-care testing: What GPs need to know What does the new item mean for GPs and how does it align with the RACGP Standards?
In Practice: New MBS items Also gain an insight into financially strengthening general practices, new prostate cancer screening processes and childhood disorders.
Long phone consultations end in NSW with hotspot change Outbreak status has been rescinded for the state, significantly limiting the use of the MBS item for extended phone consultations and removing access to PPE from the national medical stockpile.
Last-minute hotspot reprieve but GPs say uncertainty is impacting care Melbourne GPs can conduct longer phone consultations for at least another week after an eleventh-hour extension to Commonwealth-designated hotspots – but a looming deadline means the picture is less clear in NSW.
New online MBS tool for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander care The RACGP resources allow health professionals to calculate patients’ out-of-pocket expenses, with up-to-date details on widely used MBS items.
‘They’ve got the maths wrong’: GPs say telehealth should be part of PIP Recent changes to the way Practice Incentive Payments are being calculated is threatening the viability of general practice, according to a new GP-led petition.
Reminder for patient out-of-pocket vaccine costs The Department of Health has issued further advice for general practices on COVID vaccine MBS billing items.
DoH responds to RACGP call for vaccine counselling flexibility The need for patients seeking advice to be vaccinated on the same day for GPs to generate a Medicare rebate no longer applies in all circumstances.
RACGP criticises DoH telehealth compliance approach President Dr Karen Price has written an open letter to Federal Health Secretary Professor Brendan Murphy, saying GPs feel ‘let down’.