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Revised dispensing of PBS items for nursing home residents
30 June 2017 - Commencing July, pharmacists should include the RACFId for the nursing home each time a PBS/RPBS item ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2017
Interim report ‘a step backwards’
27 June 2017 - Peak bodies have come together to highlight potential problems with King Review suggestions. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2017
‘Overcharging’ claims give false impression
26 June 2017 - Guild condemns PBS price fixing suggestion as article accuses pharmacies of overcharging. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2017
Has the interim report considered long term supply chain impacts?
23 June 2017 - Medicines Australia welcomes the release of the Interim Report of Pharmacy Review but has concerns about ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2017
Chemists have been overcharging customers for medicines a government review finds
24 June 2017 - The price of the same PBS medicine can vary by up to 200% from shop to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2017
Consumer voice for community pharmacy
22 June 2017 - Consumers would win an important place in future negotiations about government payments to pharmacy owners and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2017
Release of the review's interim report
22 June 2017 - The Review is pleased to present the interim report for the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2017
Health Minister Greg Hunt shoots down department's secret hospital plan
29 May 2017 - Health department bosses have described their radical proposal to remake hospital funding as "future gazing" after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2017
Leaked documents reveal secret plan for radical hospital overhaul
29 May 2017 - The private health insurance rebate would be abolished, consumers would be charged more for extras cover and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jan 2017
2016 in review
4 January 2017 - The PBAC considered 192 submissions in 2016; 193 were considered by the Committee in 2015. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2017
Coalition to simplify private health policies
2 January 2016 - The Turnbull government will consider a plan to streamline thousands of private health insurance policies into ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2016
A message from the Panel - Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation
19 December 2016 - In their final communication for the year, the Independent Review Panel conducting the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2016
Review must avoid change for the sake of change
14 December 2016 - Call me a small “c” conservative if you like, but when it comes to community pharmacy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2016
First stage of prostheses benefit reform commences
6 December 2016 - The Department of Health has commenced work to reform prostheses benefits, with a research and design ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2016
Online booking tool could be the key to sweeping public health reforms
5 December 2016 - Patients wanting knee replacements or skin cancers removed could use an online booking tool to pick ...