The Australian government has opened its review into the Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) system, releasing a discussion paper on Friday for public consultation. The review, announced last ...

Australia's Medicare billing system is overly complicated, bureaucratic and not meeting the needs of a modern health service, potentially leaking billions of dollars. But claims this loss is mostly ...

Researchers calculating the cost/savings to Medicare from General Practitioner (GP) billing practices, according to the length of the consultation itself, have found that GPs frequently undercharge ...

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With a federal election looming, both Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Liberal-National Coalition leader Peter Dutton yesterday issued utterly fraudulent promises to repair the deteriorating ...

It was the big-picture reform that defined the Labor prime minister Bob Hawke and infuriated his opponents with its radical promise of a fairer, healthier society. Medicare, Australia’s ...

Labor has agreed to create a road map towards universal access to dental services following 50 years of calls. Those with the greatest need, like children or the elderly, would be prioritised under an ...

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners says doctors concerned at being ‘100% reliant on government funding decisions’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking ...

The federal government has threatened Sydney man Mark Rogers with legal action over use of the Medicare logo on his “Save Medicare” website. In response to publicity generated by a GetUp! petition, ...