Audit of compliance actions raises questions over efficacy of targeted letters Questions have emerged over whether Department of Health compliance activities recover enough money to justify the cost.
‘Nudge’ letters to take supportive tone following RACGP push More than 1000 GPs who were sent a letter regarding musculoskeletal diagnostic imaging requests are set to receive a more educative follow-up.
New rheumatic heart disease strategy to help save hundreds of lives Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 60 times more likely to experience RHD than non-Indigenous Australians.
‘Nudge’ letters prompt sustained drop in antibiotic prescribing It is estimated GPs issued around 190,000 fewer antibiotic prescriptions as a result of the compliance campaign.
Workforce strategy and recruitment: RACGP position The college responds to proposed solutions to issues facing the current and future medical workforce.
Health Minister responds to RACGP calls to end co-claiming crackdown Greg Hunt acknowledged consultation for the campaign ‘should have been better’.
These GPs worked with Australia’s most vulnerable patients – until the compliance crackdown The reward for the hard work these GPs put into treating body and mind? Unfair punishment, they claim.
RACGP President calls for immediate end to co-claiming crackdown GPs treat each patient as a person, not a statistic. Dr Harry Nespolon has called on the Department of Health to treat GPs with the same respect.
‘Nudge’ letters in spotlight amid GP push back on compliance campaign Concern over the Government approach has seen thousands join the backlash against the latest letter targeting mental and physical health co-claiming.
Departmental ‘GP hunt’ may affect mental health care Dr Edwin Kruys warns that the latest DoH compliance push may have unintended consequences.