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Pharmacy review - an update from the Chair
12 July 2017 - The Chair of the Review Panel, Professor Stephen King, is pleased to release four additional reports ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2017
Serious concerns over true intentions of review
5 July 2017 - Nearly two weeks on from the release of the Interim Report of the Pharmacy Remuneration and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jun 2017
Shrouded in secrecy: the Pharmacy Guild resists deeper scrutiny
28 June 2017 - For many years, pharmacies have held a favoured place in Australia. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2017
Guild caned on pharmacy review ban
27 June 2017 - The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has been criticised over attempts to boycott an independent review of ...
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 16 Jun 2017
Price disclosure 2017 October cycle outcomes summary
16 June 2017 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2017 October Cycle (Third Remove Originator cycle) has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2017
ACCC 'more aggressive' towards private health insurers
31 May 2017 - The corporate watchdog has made an example of NIB as part of a wider review of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2017
Laws introduced to 'guarantee' Medicare
1 June 2017 - The Turnbull government insists a new multi-billion dollar fund will guarantee the future of Medicare, amid ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2017
$55,000 spent but hospital funding reform ‘will never be policy’
30 May 2017 - A proposal to pay hospitals in a similar way to Medicare’s funding of GPs has been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2017
ACCC takes health fund NIB to court over concealing changes to its MediGap Scheme
30 May 2017 - The consumer watchdog has taken health fund NIB to court, accusing it of concealing changes to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2017
Why you could have to pay $1 more for medicine
13 May 2017 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has changed his script - and the change is about to hit ...