medicare
No healthcare without health workers
Health students make plea for expansion of Commonwealth Prac Payments as politicians pledge billions in Medicare funding Multi-billion-dollar funding announcements to strengthen Medicare need to come with cost of living support …
Medicare for pharmacist prescribing?
Community pharmacy services should be covered by national funding, argue industry stalwarts Pharmacist prescribing has seen “rapid” expansion in Australia, but out-of-pocket expenses raise questions of equity, according to the …
A health champion
Pharmacist named one of nine individual Medicare Champions from across the country Laura Stewart, pharmacist and proprietor at Pharmacy 777 Karratha, WA, was named a Medicare Champion in the Stronger …
Double dispensing delivering savings: Butler
Pharmacy organisation urged to “stand up” to “noisy opponents” of policies including 60-day dispensing Australian patients are reaping the benefits of 60-day prescriptions, Mark Butler the Minister for Health and …
Mixed views on Medicare Provider Numbers push
Securing Medicare Provider Numbers could boost pharmacists’ remuneration, advocate Pardeep Singh believes, but others in the profession warn of hidden costs Calls for pharmacists to be given Medicare Provider Numbers …
GPs want ‘to clip that Medicare ticket’
Senator warns GPs may put profits before patients Budgetary measures aimed at curbing out-of-pocket healthcare costs, including 60-day dispensing, are unlikely to reduce patients’ spending at their GP, Senator Hollie …
$19 NIP vaccine administration fee for pharmacies
Community pharmacies will be funded to administer vaccines through the National Immunisation Program (NIP) from 1 January 2024 Eligible patients who elect to receive NIP vaccines through their local community …
PBS designed for a bygone era
Medicare reform must not come at the expense of improving other areas of Australia’s health system, including the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), Trent Zimmerman, warns. Writing in The Guardian former …
Scope harmonisation required
State and territory governments are being urged to adopt a harmonised approach to the expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice. With several premiers voicing their support for pharmacists to …
Government fleshes out detail of Medicare revamp
Prime Minister and Health Minister in morning media blitz to outline biggest overhaul of system since inception A “blended” funding system which would allow nurses, pharmacists and other allied health …
Welcome to health
Guild welcomes LNP’s new Health Minister nominee amidst criticism of previous Medicare comments Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that Senator Anne Ruston would be the Health Minister in a …
‘I was steeped in shame.’
Her parents went into debt to go into business with her, then bought property to deter Chemist Warehouse… and her pharmacy thrived. But this pharmacist decided to defraud Medicare Reporter …