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Type: On-demand
Recorded: 14 Jul 2026

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Email: eHealth & Practice Systems

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New assignment of benefit processes commence for Medicare bulk billed services

On-demand recorded 14 Jul 2026

From 1 July 2026, new assignment of benefit (AoB) processes commence for Medicare bulk billed services. This webinar will provide information to help GPs and general practice teams understand the changes and the significant modifications announced following strong advocacy by RACGP.
 

Learning outcomes

  1. Explain the assignment of benefit (AoB) requirements for Medicare bulk-billed services.
  2. Interpret the changes introduced during the 12-month transition period and their implications for general practice.
  3. Apply the new processes for enduring and verbal assignment of benefit in relevant general practice settings.

Host

Dr Michael Wright
RACGP President

MBBS MSC PhD FRACGP GAICD Dr Michael Wright is a general practitioner, health economist and health services researcher based in Sydney, Australia. He commenced as RACGP President on 21 November 2024. Michael is also an Associate Professor at the International Centre for Future Health Systems at the University of New South Wales. He combines clinical practice with strategic appointments and academic research analysing the effects of health policy on the quality and performance of primary care. Michael completed GP registrar training in Queensland and previously worked in London as a GP, where he completed his Masters in Public Health and was also a researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Michael completed his PhD in Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 2019. His PhD investigated the impact of continuity of general practice care on health outcomes, and his research interest including growing the evidence base about the value of high-quality primary care, and health policy research into quality, efficiency and sustainability of heath services.

Presenters

Dr Sean Stevens
Principal GP and practice owner at Next Practice

Dr Sean Stevens has been a GP for over 20 years, 18 of them as a practice owner. Sean’s previous practice was awarded the Australian General Practice of the Year and Sean has been awarded the Australian GP Supervisor of the Year. Sean has supervised over 30 doctors in their training to become specialist GPs. Sean is the immediate-past Chair of the WA Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the peak body representing 4,000 GPs in WA. Sean’s interests include men’s mental health, worker’s compensation and work injuries, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, haemochromatosis and skin. When not at work, Sean loves socialising, spending time with his family, and travel.

Dr Rob Hosking
MBBS, FRACGP, DRANZCOG

Dr Rob Hosking has been interested in eHealth since commencing practice in Bacchus Marsh in Victoria in 1990. He gained his Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics from Monash University in 2000. Rob has worked on a number of eHealth related committees at NPS Medicinewise and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. Rob has been involved with the RACGP eHealth committee since 2008 and is currently the Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee – Practice Technology and Management.

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