In a tender to patch a rift between the Coalition and Australian Medical Association,health minister says the MBS review will be led by health professionalsThe health minister, Sussan Ley, and has moved to patch up an emerging rift between the Coalition and a key doctor’s group over a wide-ranging review into the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS),saying the review will be led by medical professionals, not government.
Ley on Sunday announced that consultations had begun on all of the nearly 5800 items on the MBS. The MBS lists a wide range of consultations, and procedures and tests and the rebate the government pays for each. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com