Government figures show Services Australia has added thousands more staff and reduced outstanding claims and call waiting times.
Tag: medicare
Medicare complexity slammed as $3b lost each year
Medicare could be losing up to $3 billion a year to non-compliance and fraud.
My Health Record documents approach 2 billion
The latest figures show a total of 1.7 billion medical records have been uploaded to My Health Record.
Digital identity for newborns will remove ‘pain points’
The government wants to see a digital identity automatically triggered at birth.
Centrelink, Medicare, Child Support to get 2,000 permanent jobs, NSW to lose 400
The Department of Human Services will create approximately 2,000 permanent jobs in Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support.
MyGov verdict: functional (just)
‘Little annoyances’ remain for users.
MyGov: “we listened and we got it” says minister after digital makeover
Users double over two years.
Budget 2017: Implications for local councils
Union fears further public sector job cuts.
Health confronts ghosts of failed govt IT projects in Medicare payments rebuild
Engage staff early, integrate process with systems.
Centrelink, Medicare and Child Support staff step up strikes
DHS says bargaining position won’t change.