In Practice: Medicare compliance for disability assessments The RACGP is reminding members how to properly conduct MBS health assessments for patients with disability following reports of non-compliance.
In Practice: Digital health Q&A The RACGP is hosting a forum for GPs to learn more about digital health tools, electronic prescribing, My Health Record, and sharing patient data.
Halt the Hospital in the Home ‘headaches’: RACGP Plagued with inconsistent guidance, billing confusion, and poor communication, the college has written to the Health Minister calling for change.
EOIs for education research grants now open The RACGP program provides substantial grants annually to fuel innovative research initiatives in general practice training.
‘Huge hive of clever minds’ driving GP training Tasmanian medical educators discuss collaboration and supporting registrars since the transition to college-led training.
GP training numbers up but politicians told more is needed Day two of the GPs @ Parliament campaign focused on workforce shortages, with doctors demanding the Government fix the profession’s ‘second-rate entitlements’.
The medical educators ensuring equal opportunities for IMGs The Fellowship Support Program has ‘grown enormously’ in the past year, and could expand further should it receive Government support.
In Practice: Bulk-billing incentives module update Services Australia has updated its bulk-billing educational module to include the tripled incentive items.
Raising the prestige of general practice: A student’s perspective The culture that exists within medical student placements needs to shift if the GP workforce is to improve, writes hospital intern, Dr Phoebe Blaxill.
The ‘many highlights’ of college-led training in SA Despite expected hurdles adjusting to the new model, the ‘bottom line’ is the registrar experience has continued as it always has done.