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PBS cost recovery implementation statement (2017-2018)
26 September 2017 - The PBS cost recovery implementation statement for 1 July 2017 – 30 June 2018 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2017
New fact sheets - infliximab biosimilars
22 September 2017 - Fact sheets about infliximab biosimilars for consumers and health care professionals are now available on the Department ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2017
Confirmed 1 October 2017 prices - 2017 October cycle
14 September 2017 - Confirmed 1 October 2017 prices resulting from the 2017 October cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2017
Exodus from private health care saves $1bn but states carry can
13 September 2017 - The private health insurance exodus is delivering more than $1 billion in unanticipated rebate savings for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2017
Health insurers demand reforms to keep premium increases low
11September 2017 - Australia’s health insurance industry has warned Health Minister Greg Hunt that if he wants consumers to have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2017
’It’s about private healthcare, not just health insurance’
11 September 2017 - An edited transcript of a private health care insurance roundtable hosted by The Australian senior business ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2017
Introduction of mandatory arrangements for PBS Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy claims
5 September 2017 - From 1 December 2017, approved suppliers will be required to enter a compounder ID when submitting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2017
Analysis of the agenda for the PBAC 2017/3 meeting
4 September 2017 - The PBAC will consider 66 submissions at its next scheduled meeting in early November. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2017
Statistical and clinical significance
4 September 2017 - In published research, a statistically significant result is often wrongly interpreted as representing a clinically important ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2017
Health insurers blamed for rising health care costs
4 September 2017 - Australians blame health insurers for rising costs in the nation’s health care system, new consumer research ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2017
Commonwealth of Australia v Sanofi: hearing of Commonwealth's claim commences in Federal Court of Australia
31 August 2017 - A six-week hearing in the Federal Court of Australia commenced this week to decide whether the Commonwealth ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2017
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 September 2017
1 September 2017 - The September 2017 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2017
Find common ground on health: Roxon
1 September 2017 - Former health minister Nicola Roxon has warned that Australia’s healthcare leaders need to find common ground ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2017
Making more life-changing medicines available to all Australians
30 August 2017 - The Australian Government is listing almost half a billion dollars’ worth of new medicines, providing sufferers of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2017
Crohn’s disease sufferers get life-changing medication cheaper after Stelara is listed on the PBS
29 August 2017 - It’s the disease that is thought to affect 38,000 Aussies. ...