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Surgery for women with birth injuries set to be subsidised again
7 October 2021 - Thousands of women who have been living with the pain of birth injuries have been given ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2021
Medical device reforms to lower health fund premiums
2 October 2021 - Health fund premium rises will be 20% lower next year, and the reason for the savings ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2021
The doctors betraying their oath to do no harm
25 September 2021 - Medical procedures that don’t help the patient, overdiagnosis, the ‘medicalisation of normal’… two doctors lift the lid. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Sep 2021
MSAC publishes agenda for upcoming PASC meeting
24 September 2021 - The MSAC Secretariat has published a list of the applications scheduled to be considered at the next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Sep 2021
Doctors too keen to operate, say experts
25 September 2021 - Doctors are routinely over-diagnosing and over-treating conditions that do not require medical intervention, sometimes carrying out ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2021
Medicare bulk billing rates at all time high
18 September 2021 - The latest Medicare data showing that almost nine out of 10 visits to the GP in 2020-21 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2021
MTAA supports call for future of private health summit
13 September 2021 - The Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA) today supported calls from AMA President, Dr Omar Khorshid, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Sep 2021
Medicare Benefits Schedule continuous review to improve patient care
13 September 2021 - Medicare items and services will be reviewed by experts on an on-going basis to ensure the Medicare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Health funds reject claims hospitals hit by prostheses reforms
9 September 2021 - Health insurers say private hospital operators will not be left out of pocket, rejecting claims they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2021
Lymphoma patients to benefit from new cancer therapy
5 August 2021 - Australians suffering from a rare type of blood cancer will now have access to a highly specialised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2021
New CAR T-cell therapy option now available in Australia for patients with aggressive blood cancer
5 August 2021 - Eligible patients can now access Yescarta through Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne and Royal Brisbane and Women’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2021
Time for corporate health insurers to front up on savings
29 June 2021 - The Medical Technology Association of Australia has called on the corporate health insurance industry to commit ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2021
Guaranteeing Medicare
1 July 2021 - The Australian Government is investing record funding in Medicare, providing more support to Australians as we face ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jun 2021
New cancer gene test: are you eligible?
29 June 2021 - In a world first, young Australians will be offered a genetic test to discover whether they carry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2021
MSAC consultation process - changes to take effect from 1 July 2021
16 June 2021 - MSAC is implementing changes to its consultation process from 1 July 2021. ...