Federal Budget 2022–23 health highlights
26 October, 2022The Albanese government has delivered its first budget, with $104.1bn overall spending on health and $30.6bn on aged care.
Medicare fraud allegations slammed
19 October, 2022The AMA and RACGP suggest claims in the media of widespread Medicare rorting are not based on evidence.
Doctors seek new GP funding system
11 October, 2022Dr Robert Marr has suggested that Medicare funding of general practice has to abandon the fee-for-service model in order to be viable in the future.
New $14 million investment in Australian healthcare
16 September, 2022Twelve health research projects have received a share of $14 million. This funding has been delivered as part of a new investment in better health care for Australians.
Subsidy indexation figure inadequate: ACCPA
01 July, 2022ACCPA Interim CEO Paul Sadler said the announcement is dire news for aged care providers who have been stretched beyond their financial and organisational limits.
Free webinar on aged care funding
03 June, 2022The federal Department of Health is hosting a free webinar on funding reform for aged care executives, including CEOs, CFOs and managers.
Health budget 2022 spends a little on favoured interest groups but misses a chance for real reform
30 March, 2022 by Stephen Duckett, The University of MelbourneThe 2022 budget is an election-year budget. So stakeholders have been pushing their wheelbarrows up the hill to Parliament House to lobby for extra largesse to flow their way.
$22m for health research projects
23 February, 2022Six Australian health and medical researchers are set to receive goverment funding of around $22 million.
National network to tackle health impacts of climate change
17 November, 2021A new national research network will tackle health impacts of climate change, addressing themes such as urban health, bushfires and heatwaves, amongst others.
2021 Gilead Fellowship Research Grants awarded
30 June, 2021One of the grant recipients will investigate the medium- and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on patients' health and wellbeing.
Redefining health insurance
03 November, 2020 by Tim Tez, AIA Australia Chief Health Insurance Officer*AIA Australia's Chief Health Insurance Officer, Tim Tez, weighs in on redefining health insurance, tapping into the millennial mentality and levelling the age gap.
Gilead grants program: applications close soon
07 August, 2020The 2021 Gilead Fellowship Research Grants Program has extended applications, meaning that applicants now have until Friday, 14 August to secure some of the $300,000 total funding.
Gilead Sciences awards grants to seven research projects
29 April, 2020The 2020 Gilead Fellowship Research Grants Program has awarded funding to research projects focused on improving patient outcomes in several disease areas.
Aged-care sector needs fund injection before Royal Commission ends
18 October, 2019Following an alarming report, LASA has called on the government to relieve the financial stress affecting the sector while the Royal Commission goes about its critical work.
Purpose-built technology is the answer
23 October, 2018 by Greg O’Loan*Financial management for aged-care facilities is complex, further complicated by ongoing legislative changes. Technology can ease the burden.
