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 ...

Health agency Medicare Australia has recently started trialling a call centre solution based on internet protocol (IP) telephony that allows calls to be routed to regional offices during peak periods.

Services Australia may be in line for new powers to force third-parties hit by data breaches involving government identifiers ...

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 ...

A completely false claim that Australia's healthcare reform package will eventually require every Aussie to have a health-records microchip implanted under their skin is making the rounds of ...

Under the guise of safeguarding the present Medicare health system, the Australian government has unveiled a plan that takes another substantial step toward dismantling it. Prime Minister John ...

Medicare, Australia’s national health insurance scheme, is set for its biggest boost in funding since its creation half a century ago, as both major political parties promise billions ahead of this ...

Desperate to give disaffected working people a reason to vote Labor at the July 2 federal election, the party’s leader Bill Shorten conducted a second campaign launch yesterday—a week after the first.

The Australian government’s decision to cut the Medicare rebate for cataract surgery by half will make the procedure unaffordable and inaccessible for many patients, particularly those in rural areas, ...

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 ...

As Australia gears up for its May poll, social media users have circulated a fake flyer that says the Labor and Greens parties pledged to fund gender-affirming procedures under the country's public ...