4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (198+ words) Health Services Daily The order comes as scrutiny intensifies over the automated systems used to assess and prioritise older Australians for care, and whether promised new Commonwealth safeguards will have the force of law. Contract notice: ACQSC: MS Surface Pro…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (193+ words) Aged care emergency fixes: ‘a clean-up, not a cure’ Health Services Daily Legislation establishing a permanent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged care commissioner will also hardwire temporary measures used to keep the new Aged Care Act operating and make…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (229+ words) Health insurers accused of ‘disgusting’, misleading rebate campaign Health Services Daily Veteran health economist Stephen Duckett has dismissed warnings of mass departures from private cover and a resulting hospital crisis as ‘scaremongering’. ATM: Services Australia: NDIA Salesforce Backup and Disaster…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (660+ words) More than 10,000 assessments are planned as the NDIA tests New Framework Planning, but the government's reform advisers have raised questions about funding levels, budget assumptions, and whether participants' needs will be met. The methodology that will determine participant budgets as…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (178+ words) Support at Home is ‘fatally flawed’, former aged care IG says Health Services Daily Support at Home is a ‘public policy failure’ and the government’s rationing of services will end in human tragedy, the former Inspector-General of Aged Care has…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (397+ words) Developing better treatment options for diabetes is incredibly important, but equally so is examining the forces that impact a person’s health long before a diagnosis is made or a prescription is needed. Ozempic and Mounjaro are fast becoming household names…...