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Friday 26 August 2005 . Bulk-billing Rate Good News?But a Rural Complexity Loading Still Essential . While the increased rural bulk-billing rate is a welcome sign that more rural ... http://www.rdaa.com.au/uploaded_documents/Bulk-billing%20Rate%20Good%20News%20-%20But%20a%20Rural%20Complexity%20Loading%20Still%20Essential%20--%20August%202005.htm29 August 2003. 030829 . Covering Costs: the Key to Increasing Rural Bulk Billing . The Rural Doctors Association of Australia ?s. Submission to the Senate Select Committee on ... http://www.rdaa.com.au/uploaded_documents/030828_Covering_Costs_-_the_Key_to_Increasing_Rural_Bulk_Billing.htmContact Alexander. Shop 6b, 20 Druids Avenue, MT BARKER SA 5251. PO Box 1601, MT BARKER SA 5251. Phone: 08 8398 5566 Fax: 08 8398 5577. Email Alexander Downer http://www.alexanderdowner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=1921Service providers may freely choose whether or not to use bulk billing. Most general practitioner services are bulk billed, but less so in more affluent areas and in rural ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulk_billingPapers published in 2003. Young AF & Dobson AJ. The decline in bulk billing and increase in out-of-pocket costs for general practice consultations in rural areas of Australia, 1995 ... http://www.alswh.org.au/AbstractPub.php?qsPubID=148By mid-year, only 22 per cent of the state's doctors will offer full bulk-billing services, with rates dropping as low as 4 per cent in some rural areas, a survey funded by NSW ... http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/11/1044927600897.htmlThe Opposition health spokesman, Stephen Smith, said the figures showed a serious decline in bulk billing, particularly in rural, regional and outer metropolitan areas. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/03/1033538722282.htmlRecord bulk-billing rates for GP attendances were achieved for children, people aged over 65 years and for rural and remote area people in the March quarter of 2007. Record bulk ... http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr07-ta-abb049.htmNew GP bulk-billing records set for young and rural patients http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/health-mediarel-yr2006-ta-abb066.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2006&mth=5Home Medicines Review (HMR) Medicines Information to Consumers (MIC) Rural Pharmacy ... What is the correct procedure for bulk-billing? The practitioner enters details relating to ... http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/provider/medicare/bulk-billing.jsp122 MJA Vol 178 3 February 2003 HEALTHCARE The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 3 February 2003 178 3 122-126 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2003 www.mja.com.au ... http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_03_030203/you10540_fm.pdfMedical Journal of Australia) The decline in bulk-billing and increase in out-of-pocket costs for general practice consultations in rural areas of Australia, 1995?2001 ... http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_03_030203/you10540_fm.htmlA study of changes in bulk-billing and out-of-pocket costs for Australian general practice consultations over the period 1995-2001 has found that women living in rural Australia ... http://www.ama.com.au/web.nsf/doc/WEEN-5JA2AQIssue 03, Number 8 - Friday 28 February 2003 covers the ALP bulk billing plan, medical indemnity, GP trainees terms and conditions and the National Rural Health Conference. http://www.ama.com.au/web.nsf/doc/WEEN-5K78CSIn some areas, such as rural areas, there may be other factors which mean services will never be competitive. Consumers pay the price Bulk billing rates have declined in recent years http://www.choice.com.au/goArticle.aspx?id=103167&p=2&title=Bulk+billingWhen you leave the major capital cities all Medicare bets are off. Many communities do not have their own GP, bulk billing rates are low or non-existent, small rural practices find ... http://www.choice.com.au/goArticle.aspx?id=103899&p=3&title=Out+of+the+city ... new record bulk-billing rates for GP attendances were achieved for children, people aged over 65 years and for people living in rural and remote areas. The GP bulk-billing rates ... http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/80840.phpNational Rural Health Alliance E-forum - 2 August 2002 In this issue: * Bulk Billing in Decline, Especially in Regional Areas * IT in Regions - the best of what is - ITiRA 26-29 ... http://nrha.ruralhealth.org.au/cms/uploads/eforumarchive/eforum%20newsletter%20020802.pdf ... data is available at http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/medicare+statistics-1 The Rural Doctors Association welcomed the increased rural bulk-billing rate ... http://nrha.ruralhealth.org.au/cms/uploads/eforumarchive/eforum%20newsletter%20050826.pdf ... with effect from September 1, we're going to extend the $7.50 rebate to those areas where the doctor-patient ratio is as low as it is in the rural areas and where the bulk-billing ... http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/15/1092508249387.html?from=storylhsFinancial incentives for doctors to treat low-income and rural patients are planned as part of an overhaul of the health system to be outlined in the May budget. - The Age http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/10/1044725733613.htmlPoorer access but the price is right - variations in bulk billing and charges by specialists in urban and rural Australia http://www.abc.net.au/rural/events/ruralhealth/2005/papers/8nrhcfinalpaper00320.pdf ... areas will not result in equity of access because they fail to address problems caused by geographic inaccessibility in rural and remote areas. Attempting to increase bulk-billing ... http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/2/1/18/abstractAnd it aims to address the inequalities of access between rural and metropolitan areas.? ?Our patients value bulk billing. We know it is important for the vast majority of ... http://www.drs.org.au/media/2003/ALP%20Medicare.htmMEDICAL INDEMNITY MESS ANOTHER THREAT TO BULK BILLING 'Yesterday's conference on the problems ... the decreased availability of some services like obstetrics, especially in rural and ... http://www.drs.org.au/media/2002/indemnit.htmHome Medicines Review (HMR) Medicines Information to Consumers (MIC) Rural Pharmacy ... If a practitioner agrees to the bulk billing method, patients assign their right to a benefit ... http://www.medicare.gov.au/provider/pubs/mediguide/section5/bulk-billing.jsp ... Arch Medical Centre in rural Queensland saw Medicare Australia's online claiming as a way to save time and money when reintroducing bulk billing during 2004. The small but busy rural ... http://www.hic.gov.au/provider/business/online/files/ma_qld_arch.pdf ... income patients will include higher incentive payments for doctors in rural ... Its package of measures to respond to declining bulk-billing rates is due to be ... http://www.pdcnsw.org.au/media/03/0421.htmlThe federal government?s proposed changes to Medicare bulk-billing arrangements are causing ... and concession card holders, but these payments would be biased in favour of rural and ... http://www.napwa.org.au/pl/2003/04/medicare-overhaul-to-hit-bulk-billingFor instance findings from a recent NSW Department of Health study indicate that in rural towns where bulk billing was low or non-existent, there was a ... http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03CIB03.htm#whatisbulkbilling |
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