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Message from Services Australia: New myGov App

​Your patients can use the new myGov app digital wallet when presenting their Centrelink concession and health cards. When people present their Centrelink concession and health care cards in the app, you may see a QR code. You can scan...

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Changes to Medicare Online

Message from Medicare, Services Australia From 4 October 2022, some health care locations will lose access to adaptor technology for Medicare Online, including Department of Veterans Affairs and the Australian Immunisation Register....

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Code of Conduct AHPRA June 2022

Today the revised shared Code of conduct (the code) for National Boards (except Medical, Nursing and Midwifery and Psychology) took effect. An advance copy of the revised code was published in April. To support the Code taking effect,...

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NDIS Pricing Document 2022/23

NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits (previously the NDIS Price Guide) assist participants and disability support providers to understand the way that price controls for supports and services work in the NDIS. Price regulation is...

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Informed Consent – how to manage it well (OT Board)

Informed consent is a person’s voluntary decision about healthcare that is made with knowledge and understanding of the benefits and risks involved. Informed consent is a critical part of the practitioner-client relationship. Managing...

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Department of Health – News and Media

Find out how the Department of Health are monitoring and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, how you can help stop the spread of the virus in Australia and what to do if you have symptoms plus all the latest news....

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