September 5 2011
HEADLINE NEWS
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| Doctors in The House September 5 2011 | John Flannery | ||
 | Around 200 of the nation’s leading politicians, doctors, health administrators, public servants and policy experts gathered for the 2011 AMA Parliamentary Dinner in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra last month. | |
| Asylum seeker health September 5 2011 | John Flannery | ||
|  | The AMA has updated its Position Statement on the Health Care of Asylum Seekers and Refugees. |
| Alcohol health labels September 5 2011 | Geraldine Kurukchi | ||
 | The AMA has urged the Government to adopt the alcohol health warning labels concept that was launched last month by the Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation (AER) Foundation. Read More | |
| Medicare compliance audits September 5 2011 | AMA information | ||
 | By now members will have received an information pack from the Department of Human Services about the requirements to produce documents to substantiate Medicare billing that came into effect in April 2011. | |
| The classic Leyland P76 September 5 2011 | Clive Fraser | ||
 | With the prescribing of medications by nurses, and pharmacists doing health checks, it was inevitable that another non-doctor would stake a claim on our traditional medical territory. Read More | |
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