AMA NSW has presented to the NSW Youth Justice Inquiry, calling for a needs-based support model and a whole-of-government approach to curb youth contact with the justice system. The submission highlig...
University of Sydney researchers examined uptake of Medicare funded allied health services among people newly diagnosed with diabetes. The study found substantial underuse of lifestyle and self-manage...
The Australian Medical Association has filed a submission with the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing in response to the second consultation on Medicare funded cardiac imaging items. The AMA...
From 1 November 2025 the COVID-era exemption to the established clinical relationship rule for mental health telehealth was removed. The replacement requires patients to have seen a GP at least once i...
Health Minister Mark Butler is backing local MPs who have sent letters urging general practices to switch to universal bulk billing. The move is part of a broader push to secure more bulk-billed servi...
Australia's Commonwealth government has announced a $7.45 million funding package for Victoria to strengthen pelvic pain care in general practice. Part of the money will back Primary Health Networks t...
On International Trans Day of Visibility the Australian Human Rights Commission released Equal Identities, a human rights review of the experiences of trans and gender diverse people in Australia. It...
The Australian Government has allocated $24.3 million to establish three bulk-billing GP clinics in the ACT and will back that with an extra $10.5 million through the Bulk Billing GP Attraction Initia...
Health Services Daily hosted a webinar on patient-side AI agents and how they are reshaping Australian consultations. The panel included Healthdirect chief executive Bettina McMahon, GP Dr Emily Kirkp...
DoHDA released the Health Provider Compliance Priorities for 2026, naming five focus areas and placing telehealth at the top of the list. The five areas are Telehealth; Care and management plans; Clai...
The Department of Health Disability and Ageing released its 2026 compliance priorities, with telehealth front and centre. The department says there are five key priorities this year, down from eight i...
Associate Professor Joel Rhee, a GP with a special interest in aged care and the head of general practice at UNSW, led a 30-year analysis of Medicare funded GP home visits for a grant to the Australia...
1800Medicare has been launched as Australia’s grand national triage service, but its future is unsettled as patient-facing AI agents move fast. The government’s system faces the risk of becoming redun...
A Queensland study from the Australian Centre for Health Law Research at Queensland University of Technology examined GP participation in voluntary assisted dying in Queensland. Twelve Queensland-base...
Australian researchers analysed cancer risk among women who underwent fertility treatments. They linked Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data with the Australian Cancer Database to trac...
Dr David Kitchen has secured a further damages win in his civil dispute against former Professional Services Review director Professor Julie Quinlivan. The Supreme Court of Queensland, under Justice R...
Medicare data show GP home visits have dropped 85 percent over three decades, from almost four million in 1994 to under half a million in 2024. The analysis, led by Associate Professor Joel Rhee of th...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners backs ending Medicare rebate cheques but objects to a 90 day gap-only payment delay in the proposed electronic system. The government plans to ret...
The federal government has expanded access to health information in My Health Record under the Sharing by Default reforms. Patients can view limb x-ray reports as soon as they are uploaded. This week...
The RACGP has pushed back on the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s proposed replacement for the Pay Doctor via Claimant scheme. A December consultation paper outlines a gap only payment mo...
