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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2019
Health insurance rebate still a pain in the budget
18 July 2019 - The private health insurance sector wants increased rebates to stop the recent decline in membership. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2019
Private health insurance worthy of support
17 July 2019 - While there are many who have strong ideological objections to the use of taxpayers' money to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2019
Irish cystic fibrosis family face €12,400 bill after deportation victory in Australia
15 July 2019 - An Irish family threatened with deportation from Australia because their son has cystic fibrosis have been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2019
AstraZeneca Biopharma President talks drug rebates, pricing
11 July 2019 - Is pharma feeling the pressure now that PBM stocks are released from regulatory risk? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2019
Changes to wholesale mark-up arrangements for PBS Section 85 medicines dispensed in public and private hospitals to come into effect on 1 October 2019
2 July 2019 - The National Health Amendment (Budget Measure) Determination 2019 and the National Health (Commonwealth Price – Pharmaceutical Benefits ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2019
Schedule of fees and charges
2 July 2019 - 2019-20 fees and charges schedule applies to applications submitted to the TGA on or after 1 July ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2019
1 July Medicare rebate increases
1 July 2019 - The Australian Government is providing $187 million to increase patient rebates for 176 General Practitioners service items ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2019
Publication of Stage 1 PBS process improvements – cost recovery administrative guidelines and forms
24 June 2019 - The Department of Health and Medicines Australia have been working since late 2017 to deliver on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2019
Cost recovery implementation statement
21 June 2019 - The cost recovery implementation statement outlines the TGA's regulatory costs and provides detailed information on TGA's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2019
German patients get the latest drugs for just $11. Can such a model work in the U.S.?
19 June 2019 - Patients who come to the Havelhöhe cancer clinic in the leafy outskirts of Germany’s capital are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2019
Why the Coalition must adopt Labor’s cancer plans
19 June 2019 - As cancer doctors, we know the hardest words we can say to our patients are “you ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2019
Surgery is a very costly business
19 June 2019 - Recent criticism levelled at brain surgeon Charlie Teo about his fees for an operation has generated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2019
Capping seniors' out-of-pocket prescription drug costs could increase Medicare prices -- and premiums
11 June 2019 - Medicare’s prescription drug benefit is known as the one federal entitlement program that routinely comes in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2019
Celebrity brain surgeon faces threat of disciplinary action
12 June 2019 - Brain surgeon Charlie Teo’s dramatic claim he may be forced out of medicine comes as he ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2019
Specialists must also think of patients' financial health
12 June 2019 - When confronted with a post of someone crowd-funding a life saving operation for a sick child ...