Daily Archives: 10 July 2017

Independent review of health providers’ accessibility to Medicare card numbers

The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health The Hon Alan Tudge MP Minister for Human Services The Turnbull Government has commissioned a review of the accessibility by health providers of Medicare card numbers. An online system was introduced in 2009, to further assist GPs, hospitals and other health providers to acquire a Medicare card…

Additional support for treatment of polio survivors

The Turnbull Government is providing funding of $450,000 to Polio Australia to run clinical practice workshops for health professionals to improve their awareness of post-polio syndrome. Federal Health Minister and Member for Flinders Greg Hunt said a greater professional understanding of the symptoms associated with the late effects of polio would lead to improvements in…