Good things take time: postnatal care We need better Medicare funding for postnatal care in general practice, writes Dr Deborah Carrington.
In Practice: update to ‘gold standard’ general practice resource The RACGP Library now has the latest edition of John Murtagh’s General practice available for members.
‘An unnavigable mess’: GPs ill-equipped to manage Medicare compliance, research finds The first qualitative study to examine practitioners’ billing experiences in Australia points to the need for urgent structural reforms.
New ‘targeted awareness’ approach for Medicare compliance The Department of Health has begun a new education campaign aimed ‘at the lowest levels’ of non-compliance to Medicare claims.
New MBS items aim to help multidisciplinary care The Department of Health says the funding will help GPs work with other health disciplines to support vulnerable patients.
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.
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’.
RACGP calls for flexibility around vaccine counselling rebate As it stands, the counselling MBS item number is linked to a vaccine suitability assessment, which GPs say is impractical.
MBS changes for GPs from 1 July newsGP summarises key changes the new financial year will bring for general practice.