Millions of Australians have been paying more for private health cover as providers have found ‘loopholes’ that allow them to hike up policy prices more than once a year, as dictated by the annual premium review process. The Commonwealth Ombudsman ...

Six million Aussies could soon be facing massive out-of-pocket costs at 38 private hospitals, after operator Healthscope tore up agreements with health funds Bupa and members of the Australian Health Services Alliance (AHSA) over a fee dispute. In October, Healthscope ...

The Greens are vowing to push major healthcare reforms into any parliamentary negotiations after next year’s election, banking on Labor being forced to form a minority government. Last Thursday, Greens leader Adam Bandt unveiled his party’s ambitious plan to make ...

Anthony Scott, Monash University and Terence C. Cheng, Monash University A battle between private hospitals and private health insurers is playing out in public. At its heart is how much health insurers pay hospitals for their services, and whether that’s ...

The federal government is investing $3.5 million for the expansion of preventative Indigenous health program Deadly Choices. The program is an initiative of the Queensland Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) aimed at "empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ...

Nicole Sutton, University of Technology Sydney and Michael Woods, University of Technology Sydney After months of negotiations between the major parties, the government has announced it will implement the Aged Care Taskforce recommendations. The government already signalled back in March ...

The NSW government have issued their response to the Parliamentary Inquiry Report into Birth Trauma, committing to the support of 42 of the 43 recommendations made by the Select Committee. The inquiry, which concluded earlier this year, received more than ...

The Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) and the Department of Health and Aged Care have announced two new initiatives in a bid to connect Australia's healthcare system under a shared national infrastructure. The Agency aims to transform digital health ...

After months of negotiations UnitingCare Queensland has given notice to health insurance conglomerate Australian Health Service Alliance (AHSA) that its contract will be terminated, should they not reach a reasonable funding agreement within three months. UnitingCare owns and operates four ...

Healthcare-associated infections are the most common hospital-acquired complication in Australia, leading to readmissions, poorer patient outcomes and increased emotional and financial burden. Surgical site infections (SSI) affect tens of thousands of Australians each year and it is estimated that each ...