medicare
Privatising Medicare would hit vulnerable hard: PHAA
By privatising Medicare, the government is making access more difficult for socio-economically disadvantaged people who already have limited options in health care, according to Public Health Association of Australia CEO …
Medicare should change how it pays doctors: CHF
The way doctors are paid must be changed to ensure consumers and the community get the best value out of Medicare, the Consumers Health Forum (CHF) says. The lobby group today released …
PSA calls for pharmacists to be included in MBS items
The PSA has called for the Medical Benefits Scheme to be expanded to allow pharmacists to help improve consumer health outcomes and quality use of medicines. In the PSA submission …
Patients to suffer with Safety Net changes: AMA
AMA President, Professor Brian Owler, said today that the sickest and most disadvantaged Australians will be hit hardest by changes to Medicare Safety Net arrangements, which were introduced to Parliament …
Integrated health care expert Dr Paul Grundy to speak at APP2016
World renowned expert on integrated health care, USA-based Dr Paul Grundy, will speak at the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference in March 2016. Back by popular demand, this will be Dr …
Medicare billed over a million times a day, needs deep clean: Ley
Medicare is now being billed over one million times a day for the first time in history, as new figures show growth in claims outstripped the number of new patients …
‘We support pharmacists to be pharmacists,’ says AMA
GPs remain concerned about the expanding role of pharmacists and what they might be paid to do in the future, AMA president Associate Professor Brian Owler in an address to …
Patients hurt by Medicare rebate freeze: AMA
The Australian Medical Association is using Family Doctor Week to highlight the “devastating” effect on patients from the freeze on Medicare patient rebates. It is warning of a sharp rise …
Greater use of community pharmacists key to more sustainable medicare
Pharmacy Guild says community pharmacists can help deliver better health outcomes and a more sustainable Medicare.