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Medibank CEO’s plan to fix health insurance
8 November 2019 - It took just one day for Medibank CEO Craig Drummond to come to grips with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2019
PBS process improvements information forum
7 November 2019 - The Department of Health will be hosting a webinar on 21 November 2019. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2019
Medibank chief Craig Drummond lashes suppliers
6 November 2019 - Medibank Private boss Craig Drummond has taken aim at the ballooning medical costs he believes are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2019
Medibank CEO warns private health sustainability in jeopardy
6 November 2019 - Medibank Private chief executive Craig Drummond has warned the entire affordability and sustainability of private healthcare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Nov 2019
A cash grab': States declare war with health funds over patients in public hospitals
4 November 2019 - State health ministers are demanding a hefty increase to the fee charged to health funds when ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2019
The health system in my native Australia has a lot to learn from the U.S.
1 November 2019 - As an Australian living in California and doing research on health policy, I’ve taken an interest ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2019
PBAC Public Summary Documents - July 2019 meeting
1 November 2019 - The Public Summary Documents (positive recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the July 2019 PBAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2019
PBAC Public Summary Documents - May 2019 meeting
1 November 2019 - The Public Summary Documents from the May 2019 PBAC intracycle meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2019
Report clearly demonstrates the value of vaccines
1 November 2019 - Medicines Australia welcomes today’s report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which verifies the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 November 2019 update
1 November 2019 - The November 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2019
New opioid overdose tool added to PBS will save Australian lives
30 October 2019 - The Australian Government has listed Nyxoid – a nasal spray that works as an antidote to narcotics ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2019
Secret health fund benefit list reveals the lowest paying insurers
31 October 2019 - The health funds that pay their members the lowest benefits have been named and shamed as experts ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2019
Mental illness costs $180 billion, study reveals
31 October 2019 - One million Australians with mental health conditions ranging from anxiety and depression to psychosis and borderline ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2019
Private health insurance still confuses Australian customers despite reforms, Choice finds
30 October 2019 - Australians are still confused about their private health insurance options and are being scammed despite a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2019
Health insurance: how much will you pay to boost specialists' incomes?
30 October 2019 - I think I could probably get to the end of the year just writing once a ...