- 3 August 2010
Legislative changes to the Health Insurance Act 1973 and the National Health Act 1953 will enable registered nurse practitioners and eligible midwives to request certain diagnostic imaging and pathology services under Medicare and to prescribe medications under the PBS.
- 26 July 2010
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has issued an urgent message to registrants, advising what do do if you did not renew on time.
- 22 July 2010
Avant has looked at the implications of national registration for practitioners' professional indemnity requirements, and distilled the available information for our members.
- 12 July 2010
Avant has worked with RANZCOG to produce information to assist members in better understanding the current medico-legal implications of working with midwives in their practice, in collaborative care arrangements and in emergency situations.
- 29 June 2010
Avant and AMSA are pleased to announce the project which has been awarded the 2010 Student Research Fellowship. Congratulations to Anthony Minh Tien Chau and Nicholas Myles from the University of NSW.
- 15 June 2010
Trade practices law can have a significant bearing on many day-to-day decisions concerning medical practice operations from fee setting, business and roster arrangements, advertising, to collective agreements and informed financial consent.
