by MedTechnique Consulting | Jul 1, 2019 | Medical Devices Reimbursement
The Prostheses List is the list of surgically implanted devices, human tissue items and other medical devices that Australian private health insurers must pay benefits for. Inclusion on the Prostheses List is critical for commercial success for many medical devices...
by MedTechnique Consulting | May 29, 2018 | Health and Government, Health Insurance, Medical Devices Reimbursement
Australia has a universal healthcare system (Medicare). There is also has a private health insurance option that covers admissions into private hospitals. It is understandable that most Australians who are not health economists (unlike yours truly) would consider...
by MedTechnique Consulting | Nov 2, 2016 | Health and Government, Medical Devices Reimbursement
The cost and value of private health insurance is always a hot topic for consumers. For the past several months there has been a very vocal campaign, mainly in the Murdoch press, highlighting the prices paid by private health insurers for implantable devices included...
by MedTechnique Consulting | Jun 29, 2016 | Health and Government, Health Insurance, Medical Devices Reimbursement
Those of us living in Australia have endured a seemingly interminable, quite boring, election campaign. While health and the Australian Medicare system has been a campaign issue, there has, not surprisingly, been little discussion about medical technology...
by MedTechnique Consulting | May 27, 2016 | Health and Government, Medical Devices Reimbursement
What is the Medicare Rebate Freeze? The Health Minister, Sussan Ley spectacularly bungled the discussion about the Medicare Rebate Freeze this week. This article by Associate Professor Helen Dickinson explains the history of the rebate freeze and the ramifications of...
by MedTechnique Consulting | Apr 2, 2016 | Medical Devices Reimbursement
In the latest proposed tax reforms, the Prime Minister has floated the idea of states levying income taxes in order to pay for health and other state based programs. See this article by Michelle Grattan in ‘The Conversation’. If ever enacted this would see the states...
