Why We Cannot Bulk Bill Everyone
With government pressure for Practices to move to 100% bulk billing there may be an expectation from some patients that they should be bulk billed (because the Government has told them they will be).
To help with dealing with this expectation we have produced a Why We Cannot Bulk Bill Everyone clinic poster – available for download here. This is a ready to print PDF version and can be reproduced on a good office copier up to A3 or printed up to AO
A jpeg file for digital use is available here.
These files are available for any General Practice in Australia – they are not restricted to AGPA members. If they inspire you to join AGPA to help privately owned Practices to remain viable we will of course be delighted.
Additional resources for AGPA members including a training guide for reception staff are available here
Medicare Billing Compliance
Recent media reports have suggested a high level of provider non-compliance with Medicare billing.
This is not supported by the most recent review by the Australian National Audit Office, report number 17 of 2021/2021 Managing Heath Provider Compliance. The report can be found here
AGPA RACGP Election Webinar – Meet the Candidates
on 23 August AGPA held a webinar to allow 2022 candidates for RACGP president to speak to GPs and GP Principals
Links to the recorded webinar can be found here
AGPA Federal Election Resources
The Australian GP Alliance has developed some resources to help with contacting your MP/ local candidates during the federal election campaign.
The Australian GP Alliance Federal Election Statement can be found here
A letter/ email template to contact your MP/ Candidate can be found here
Some suggestions for meeting with your MP/ Candidate are here
Slides from a recent AGPA Advocacy for GP webinar are here and the video of the webinar is here
A poster for your surgery / social media a can be found here (png file for electronic media) and here (scalable pdf file for printing)
Pathology Rents Downloads
The Pathology Rent Regulations are here
The Red Book is here
MJA Article showing co-located GPs order no more tests