


Doctors’ use of Medicare overwhelmingly honest
ADF – 26th January 2012 ‘The great majority of Medicare claims requiring doctor involvement are handled honestly,’ Dr Bruce Shepherd, Chairman of the Australian Doctors’ Fund, said in Sydney today. Dr Shepherd was commenting on an article in...
Medicare Locals or Managed Care Locals?
ADF Medicare Locals or Managed Care Locals – 5 October 2011 “Doctors and the Australian public need to be warned that Medicare Locals set the stage for a demedicalised form of US managed care.” Dr Stan Doumani, spokesman for the Australian Doctors’...
Medicare Locals / Fund Holding = Rationing
ADF – 24 March 2011 “Confirmation by Prime Minister Gillard that Medicare Locals will become fund holding organisations should be a warning to doctors to avoid involvement”, Dr Stan Doumani, general practitioner and spokesman for the Australian...