Service providers say they will start charging patients a co-payment fee after Scott Morrison’s proposal in his Myefo budget update to reduce bulk-billing incentives The pathology industry is seeking an urgent assembly with the federal health minister,Sussan Ley, over planned changes to bulk billing, and warning that the reduced rebates could execute off small service providers.
Service providers say they will have no choice except to charge patients a co-payment for services such as blood tests after the federal government announced in its budget update that it would scrap incentives for pathology services,and reduce bulk billing incentives from 15% of the Medicare benefits schedule fee to 10% for diagnostics.
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Source: theguardian.com