AGPA 2023 AGM
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ACL Acquisition of Healius – ACCC Inquiry
The Australian pathology industry is dominated by four large companies. When measured using the number of Approved Collection Centres (ACCs) as a measure of market share three companies dominate the industry: Healius, Sonic and ACL have approximately 80% of the ACCs.
When the smaller share held by 4Cyte is added, the proportion of the market held by these four companies rises to over 90%.
On 23 March 2023 Australian Clinical Labs Ltd (ACL) made an off-market takeover offer for […]
AGPA Webinar: Payroll Tax – Another View
Webinar
Tuesday 29 August 2023, 7:30pm AEST
7:30 pm Queensland, 7:00 pm SA, 5:30 pm WA
AGPA Webinar Payroll Tax – Another View
Speakers
Paul Copeland, Director, William Buck
Ben Ryan, Senior Associate, Avant Law
State Payroll Tax is threatening to become a major threat to the viability of General Practices in many Australian States.
Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia are all applying precedents which allow […]
Australian General Practice Alliance (AGPA) Raises Concerns Over Government’s Decision on Prescription Exchange Provider Monopoly
Media Release Australian General Practice Alliance (AGPA) Raises Concerns Over Government’s Decision on Prescription Exchange Provider Monopoly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
08/08/2023
The Australian General Practice Alliance (AGPA) maintains the recent decision by the Department of Health and Ageing, which attempts to mandate a single prescription exchange provider for publicly funded prescriptions runs counter to the interests of primary care sector and its patients and is by its design anti-competitive.
AGPA said the move eliminates the healthy competition that existed between MediSecure and Fred IT, two key companies providing prescription […]
APGA at the RACGP Owners Conference
AGPA participated at the RACGP Practice Owners Conference in Adelaide 20-21 May 2023.
A big thanks to AGPA Directors Dr Craig Richards (NSW) and Dr Richard Barker (QLD) for two days of hard work at the AGPA stand.
The AGPA will be present at the upcoming RACGP Practice Owners Conference 20 & 21 May 2023. A number of Directors will be present so this will be a great opportunity to catch up and discuss the issues that are important to you as a Practice Owner and what the AGPA can do to help. See you at Stand 53 MEDIA RELEASE 9 May 2023 INCREASED BULK BILLING INCENTIVE PAYMENTS ARE A WELCOME INITIATIVE FOR REGIONAL, RURAL & REMOTE AUSTRALIA The increased bulk billing incentive will be a major benefit for primary healthcare in regional, rural & remote Australia and will help retain and attract GPs into those areas. The benefits will be much lower for metro Australians. A short consultation in remote Australia is now funded at $79.40, but a metro Australian is only worth $60.40. With metro fee rates already at over $90 the opportunity cost for a doctor to bulk bill in metro Australia is approximately $30. […] On 2 May the Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health gave an address at the Press Club in Canberra. Some highlights from that address are are below: Minister for Health and Aged Care – Speech – National Press Club – 2 May 2023 Media event date: 2 May 2023 Date published: 2 May 2023 Media type:Speech Audience: General public Selected Comments – Full speech is available here I’d like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the lands on which we stand, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people. I offer my respect to Elders […] 2 February 2023 the AGPA wrote to the NSW Premier, Health Minister and Treasurer and their Shadow counterparts. We expressed our concerns regarding the potential impact of taxing medical professional payments under the payroll tax and the impact that this would have on bulk billing as Practices would need to suspend bulk billing to develop contingency funds, pointed out that because of the way GP is structured it is a tax exceeding 10% on Practice revenue and requested that the State consider amending the payroll tax act to exempt medical professional fees. Today we have received an […] Commencing 1 January 2023 the MBA has introduced a new CPD – system. GPs need to: […]
AGPA At Practice Owners Conference- Stand 53
Increased Bulk Billing Incentive Payments are a Welcome Initiative for Regional, Rural & Remote Australia
Health Minister’s Speech at Press Club
NSW to Progress with Payroll Tax on GP
AGPA Webinar – Making the CPD System Work
Webinar Thursday 30 March 2023, 7:30pm AEDT 6:30 pm Queensland, 7:00 pm SA, 4:30 pm WA AGPA Webinar Making the New CPD System Work Presented by: AGPA Speaker: Dr Bernard Shiu