12 May 2017 - Health Minister Greg Hunt’s push on the medical device industry has been boosted by a senate inquiry calling for greater transparency on the significant gap in prices paid between the public and private systems.

A senate inquiry into price regulation associated with the Prostheses List, which sets the cost health insurers must pay for a device, has delivered the government 16 recommendations to reform the process.

The community affairs reference committee said it noted that stakeholders identified several areas in the Prostheses List framework that would benefit from reform.

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