The Australian government has opened its review into the Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) system, releasing a discussion paper on Friday for public consultation. The review, announced last ...

Australia Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler Tuesday announced an investigation into the nation’s Medicare system after a joint investigation by expert Margaret Faux, the Australia ...

Methods will be devised to detect inappropriate practice by specialists - hardly any are picked up at present - following recommendations in a review of Medicare Australia's Professional Services ...

A new study led by Flinders University researchers has found that Medicare restrictions are preventing many homebound Australians from accessing telehealth services. Their findings underscored the ...

Chief executive Lynelle Briggs said the nature of the services Medicare provided was "shifting as the government leverages our relationship with the community", such as its delivery of ceiling ...

Public data access will lead to breaches down the line If the recent Medicare card episode does anything it should make the Australian Government stop and think – and realise that its push to have ...

In a matter of clicks on the darknet, you can purchase the details Australians use for identification and to access health services in the country. As reported by The Guardian, a vendor on a large ...

Anne-marie Boxall is Director of the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research at the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association. Tomorrow marks an important Australian milestone: 30 years of ...

A Labor Party Medicare boast has backfired spectacularly with campaign officials quickly deleting a social media post referencing notorious white supremacist rhetoric. The meme, posted to the ALP’s ...

Kathy Bowrey receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She was a member of the Australian Law Reform Commission 'Copyright and the Digital Economy ...

Labor released a social media T-shirt meme to pump its Medicare credentials, only to quickly take it down after realising the meme’s ugly history. The meme, posted to the ALP’s official social media ...