Medicare non-compliance and fraud costing Australians

4 April 2023 - The Albanese Government has today released the findings of a review into the compliance system that underpins ...

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Agreement reached on funding reforms for medical devices

17 March 2022 - The Medical Technology Association of Australia has signed a joint four-year agreement with the Commonwealth Government ...

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Reforms to deliver lower prices for medical devices and lower private health insurance premiums

17 March 2022 - The Australian Government’s plan to make private health insurance simpler and more affordable for all Australians is ...

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HCF calls for independent regulator of medical devices

6 December 2021 - Health insurer HCF has raised concerns that some doctors may be deciding what device to implant­ ...

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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 ...

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Proposal leaves surgeons bound by private health

23 February 2021 - Australians paying thousands of dollars a year in health insurance could have their access to life-changing ...

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Medtech firms, health funds clash over pricing shake-up

11 February 2021 - Medtech firms warn Australian patients may miss out on new innovations due to an overhaul of ...

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Medical device price savings for millions of Australians from today

1 February 2020 - The price of thousands of medical technologies treating heart and lung disease, diabetes, bone cancer, eye ...

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Greg Hunt's medical deals come back to bite him

11 September 2019 - Health minister Greg Hunt’s efforts to rein in growth in private health insurance premiums looks like ...

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Medical devices - tragedy and triumph

29 November 2017 - The rapid development in the potency and complexity of medical devices, while offering great advances in ...

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MTAA calls for National Audit Office to inspect private health insurance books

31 October 2017 - Today during a Senate Inquiry into value and affordability of private health insurance and out-of-pocket medical ...

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Greg Hunt flags 'dramatic' reductions in private health insurance prices

15 September 2017 - The Turnbull government wants "dramatic reductions" in private health insurance price rises over the next three ...

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Premium cost hopes resting on knees, hips

11 September 2017 - Health Minister Greg Hunt will try to reduce pressure on ­insurance premiums by cutting the cost ...

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Senate Inquiry releases prostheses list pricing report

16 May 2017 - The Senate Inquiry report on ‘Price regulation associated with the Prostheses List Framework', which was presented ...

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Senate inquiry adds pressure to medical device industry

12 May 2017 - Health Minister Greg Hunt’s push on the medical device industry has been boosted by a senate ...

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