Highs and lows: Medicare stats show service rates return with surprising speed
An Optometry Australia (OA) analysis of Medicare data has confirmed what many already suspected; optometry practices were hit hard when ...
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Using Medicare to detect glaucoma
An additional 79,000 Australians are expected to develop glaucoma in the next five years, costing the economy $4.3 billion . ...
Evidence-based telehealth guidance in the works
Optometry Australia (OA) is working with a group of optometrists with expertise in telehealth to develop evidence-based advice on appropriate ...
Government’s teleheath ‘reticence’ hindering COVID-19 recovery
Newly released data from Optometry Australia (OA) has revealed the detrimental impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Optometry fees lag despite Medicare indexation
Medicare fees for all optometry items have increased 1.5% this month as part of reintroduced annual indexation, however advocates warn ...
Telehealth forges new path in patient management
The COVID-19 crisis has spurred a telehealth revolution that’s helping mitigate disruption for practitioners and patients. Leading professionals share their ...
Department dashes hopes of telehealth Medicare coverage
Efforts to extend Medicare coverage for optometry telehealth services during COVID-19 have taken a blow after the Department of Health ...
Telehealth inaction frustrates sector
The optometric sector has expressed disappointment over a lack of progress to introduce Medicare coverage for telehealth services during the ...
OPSM introduces free telehealth service
OPSM has announced it is offering tele-optometry consultations free of charge, despite there being no optometry Medicare item number for ...
Optometrists limited to urgent cases; telehealth update
Optometry Australia (OA) is seeking to clarify the extent to which optometrists are allowed to practice after it was suggested ...