GP clinics are going to pay more payroll tax, which could reduce bulk billing
- Written by: Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
stockfour/ShutterstockPreliminary bulk billing data released this week shows a 2.1% rise in bulk billing up to March. This comes after the government tripled the incentive payment for GPs to bulk bill concession-card holders and children under 16 for most consultations.
The new data confirms the December-quarter data, which shows the increased bulk...
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