Medicare complexity slammed as $3b lost each year

Medicare could be losing up to $3 billion a year to non-compliance and fraud.

5 April, 2023

My Health Record documents approach 2 billion

The latest figures show a total of 1.7 billion medical records have been uploaded to My Health Record.

30 January, 2020

Digital identity for newborns will remove ‘pain points’

The government wants to see a digital identity automatically triggered at birth.

4 October, 2019

Centrelink, Medicare, Child Support to get 2,000 permanent jobs, NSW to lose 400

The Department of Human Services will create approximately 2,000 permanent jobs in Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support.

29 June, 2017

MyGov verdict: functional (just)

‘Little annoyances’ remain for users.

25 May, 2017

MyGov: “we listened and we got it” says minister after digital makeover

Users double over two years.

23 May, 2017

Budget 2017: Implications for local councils

Union fears further public sector job cuts.

 

8 May, 2017

Health confronts ghosts of failed govt IT projects in Medicare payments rebuild

Engage staff early, integrate process with systems.

27 April, 2017

Centrelink, Medicare and Child Support staff step up strikes

DHS says bargaining position won’t change.

6 April, 2017

Burney calls out Turnbull government over treatment of DHS staff

Says women hit hardest.

22 March, 2017

Human Services’ ‘open-ended’ strikes begin today

It won’t change our stance, says Jongen.

17 March, 2017

Health brainstorms new IT system for Medicare and aged care payments

Digital Payments Platform.

9 March, 2017

Labor continues to attack Turnbull on Medicare with new online portal

Medicare still major battleground.

1 February, 2017

Is the ‘Best Minister in the World’ a panacea for Health?

Hunt immediately lobbied.

18 January, 2017