19 September Improved Medicare Compliance: Changes to Legislation Three Fact Sheets that explain the changes to legislation are available for the following professional groups: Health Professionals such as GPs and Allied Health Professionals Approved Suppliers; and Dental Practitioners For further information about the changes please visit www.health.gov.au/health-compliance Read more >>>
14 September GP incentives increased to enrol DVA clients The CVC program, which was established in 2011, supports GPs to manage chronic conditions for eligible DVA clients who are most at risk of unplanned hospitalisation. It is available to DVA Gold Card holders, including veterans, war widow/widowers and dependents, who are living in the community and have one ... Read more >>>
12 September AIHW Cancer Compendium This report presents key data, information and trends over time for 24 key cancers and all cancers combined. The top three most common types of cancer, in order, are prostate cancer, breast cancer and colorectal cancer. For all cancers combined, the number of new cases of cancer diagnosed increased from ... Read more >>>
11 September Changes to multiple patient verification checks From 8 September, the new daily maximum limit for multiple patient verification checks is 50 patients per upload. You can still only upload one request per day. This change has been made in response to a recommendation from the Independent Review of Health Providers’ Access to Medicare Card Numbers (the ... Read more >>>