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Indicative 1 April 2017 prices - 2017 April cycle
23 January 2017 - Indicative 1 April 2017 prices resulting from the 2017 April cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2016
Price disclosure 2017 April cycle outcomes summary
15 December 2016 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2017 April cycle (second remove originator cycle) has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2016
Australians set to be slugged for skin cancer removal under Medicare changes
9 December 2016 - Patients may be facing huge bills to have a skin cancer removed under changes to Medicare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2016
New website offers prescription drugs at cost prices, undercutting pharmacies
24 November 2016 - “When a patient comes to us for help, money is the last thing on our minds,” ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Nov 2016
Pharmacy price wars heat up
22 November 2016 - A new online competitor is promising the cheapest prescription medication in Australia, but doctors are warning it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2016
Update to PBS Pricing Fact sheet on 'Setting an approved ex manufacturer price for new or extended listings’
15 November 2016 - The PBS Pricing Fact sheet on ‘Setting an approved ex manufacturer price for new or extended listings’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2016
Why big data should make insurance cheaper
13 November 2016 - Big data should mean lower average insurance premiums, according to a new report by the Actuaries ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2016
Medibank’s Drummond: prostheses savings ‘just the start’
10 November 2016 - Medibank chief Craig Drummond has warned market conditions will continue to be challenged as he flags ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2016
Graeme Samuel urges cuts to price-fixing prostheses list
8 November 2016 - A top consultant to the federal government on health reform, former competition boss Graeme Samuel, has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2016
Cutting medical device and prostheses costs should lower health premiums, says minister
19 October 2016 - Health minister Sussan Ley says insurers should pass on savings on items like pacemakers and artificial hips ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2016
Step in the right direction on private health costs
19 October 2016 - The announcement of cuts to the costs of some medical devices is a welcome first step ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2016
Health cost cuts to ease pain on premiums
19 October 2016 - Health funds will be under pressure to rein in insurance premiums after Health Minister Sussan Ley ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2016
Sussan Ley’s new push on prosthesis pricing
18 October 2016 - Market forces may be used to bring down the cost of prostheses in the private sector, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2016
Drugs and manners of administration that meet the F2/multi-brand criteria (30 month clock for originator removal calculation) for the 2017 April Cycle
14 October 2016 - A list of drugs and manners of administration that meet the F2/multi-brand criteria (30 month clock for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
Panadol Osteo price hike statement ambiguous but not misleading: ACCC
10 October 2016 - Statements linking a price increase of Panadol Osteo to its removal from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme were ...