GPs’ administrative workload to improve after reforms greenlit A significant assignment of benefit burden forced upon GPs will be altered, after laws to modernise and streamline bulk billing passed Parliament.
GPs protest scrapped pregnancy counselling exemption The RACGP urged the Government to reverse the removal, saying it limits access to care and creates ‘reproductive healthcare deserts’.
July MBS changes revealed MBS indexation and the removal of COVID telehealth rebates and exemptions headline this year’s updates.
COVID telehealth item numbers set to expire next month The Federal Government is planning to remove level C phone rebates for antiviral consultations and scrap the 12-month relationship exemption.
Advocate says long COVID guidelines will help address ‘medical gaslighting’ The resource is also set to incorporate treatments for ME/CFS, but there are suggestions patients would benefit more from support for longer consultations.
More funding needed for 15m Aussies with chronic conditions The RACGP is again calling for higher Medicare rebates so all patients living with a chronic condition can afford proper healthcare.
Expand after-hours rebate window: RACGP The college has said patients should be able to access higher subsidies from 6 pm on weeknights and midday on Saturdays.
Fears ‘forgotten middle class’ may soon be unable to afford a GP Has the cost-of-living crisis left Australian middle class families and individuals among those struggling most to see their GP?
Should primary care be free for everyone? New research has put a pricetag on offering free general practice care for all, but while seemingly within reach the authors caution any changes would also need to primary care more sustainable.
College backs GP access to referral-free angiography But while supportive, the RACGP has suggested changing the new item number’s proposed wording.