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10 July 2026
New Medicare Mental Health Check In service now available for patients
Medicare Mental Health Check In Medicare Mental Health Check In is a new digital service that offers free evidence-based and confidential support to help people…
General practice
10 July 2026
Assignment of benefits changes – latest update
From 1 July 2026, updated requirements apply for assigning Medicare benefits when a service is bulk billed. Assignment of benefit is the process where a…
Assignment of benefit
06 July 2026
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2026: 50 Years of Deadly
NAIDOC Week is held annually in July and is a national celebration of Australia’s First Nations peoples, histories and cultures—the oldest, continuous living cultures on…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
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11 April 2025
HealthPathways Melbourne is now equipped with smarter searching features
HealthPathways Melbourne’s new smart search tool is AI-enhanced and helps clinicians find precise information faster at the point of care. The tool uses AI to…
General practice
08 April 2025
New tender opportunity: Suicide Prevention Lived Experience Initiative
EMPHN is seeking to engage a provider or partnership of providers, to deliver a suite of services that build the capability of the local Suicide…
Commissioned services
07 April 2025
HealthPathways Melbourne – New disaster planning and management suite
HealthPathways Melbourne has published a new Disaster Planning and Management suite, developed by NWMPHN, EMPHN, infectious diseases physicians and GPs. Primary health networks serve as operational…
General practice
03 April 2025
HealthPathways Melbourne launches new CPD reporting function
HealthPathways Melbourne users can now use the platform to record and report continuous professional development (CPD) activities. The new tracking feature makes it simple to…
General practice
01 April 2025
Preparing for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program
Are you prepared for the launch of the National Lung Cancer Screening Program (NLCSP) from July 2025? The NLCSP is a screening program using low-dose…
General practice
31 March 2025
Understanding the Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) Practice Stream
The Workforce Incentive Program (WIP-Practice Stream) provides financial incentives that will support the growth of team-based multidisciplinary care models in eligible general practices. These financial incentives help…
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31 March 2025
Bulk billing benefits for all Australian General Practices
From 1 November 2025 every general practice will benefit from expanded eligibility for MBS bulk billing incentives to all Australians with a Medicare card. The…
General practice
27 March 2025
Head to Health phone service rebrands to Medicare Mental Health
The Australian Government has changed the name of ‘Head to Health’ services to ‘Medicare Mental Health’ to better support service uptake and align with other…
Mental health
24 March 2025
Cyber incident impacting Ascom technical ticketing systems – 24 March 2025
If you are using Ascom systems within your health service, conduct a risk assessment to continue remote access into Ascom systems until assurance can be…
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