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New treatment available free for haemophilia A patients
26 September 2020 - All Australian governments have agreed to fund a new treatment for haemophilia patients, through our national blood ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2020
Consultation on the Medical Services Advisory Committee revised draft guidelines
31 August 2020 - The Department of Health is interested in obtaining views and feedback from the general public and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2020
MSAC Guidelines review
17 August 2020 - The Department of Health has commenced a review of the MSAC technical guidelines to ensure assessment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2020
Health insurers call for prostheses tender
2 March 2020 - Health insurers are calling for the Morrison government to step away from pricing replacement hips, knees ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2020
Medical device price savings for millions of Australians from today
1 February 2020 - The price of thousands of medical technologies treating heart and lung disease, diabetes, bone cancer, eye ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2020
Expanded access to cutting edge CAR T-cell therapy
28 January 2020 - The Australian Government is expanding access to a cutting edge and potentially curative cancer therapy for patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2020
'Cutting edge' $500,000 treatment for aggressive blood cancers
28 January 2020 - Australians battling highly aggressive blood cancers could start a groundbreaking treatment within weeks, after the federal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Nov 2019
Medical devices pushing private health expenses
19 November 2019 - Reforms to the cost of medical devices have failed to deliver a promised $250m in savings ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Nov 2019
Life saving therapy denied to dying cop
20 November 2019 - Doctors at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital are refusing to treat a terminally ill cancer patient ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2019
Health funds pressure Canberra over $700 million medical devices 'failure'
14 November 2019 - Australia's health insurers are putting pressure on the federal government to overhaul how much they pay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2019
Response to media on new MBS items for eating disorders
30 October 2019 - In response to this morning’s media the Department of Health advises that the new items that will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2019
Breast cancer MRI added to Medicare
29 October 2019 - Women with or suspected of having breast cancer will be able to claim Medicare benefits for magnetic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
Private health insurers say cost of medical devices putting pressure on premiums
23 October 2019 - After the lowest annual increases in 18 years, relief appears to have been short-lived. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2019
'Veiled in secrecy': call for surgeons to disclose complications rates
14 October 2019 - Surgeons are being urged to disclose their rates of surgical complications to prove they're worth the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2019
Immunotherapy a groundbreaking new cancer treatment, but prohibitively expensive
10 September 2019 - Dave Roberts is fighting for his life, and his doctor says there is only one option ...