Medicare Assignment of Benefit Consent Requirements from 1 July 2026: What Health Practices Should Update
Medicare billing compliance Medicare assignment of benefit consent requirements changed on 1 July 2026 for health professionals who bulk bill and for private hospital and hospital-substitute treatment claimed through simplified billing arrangements. The change affects medical practices, hospitals, private health insurers, approved billing agents and software vendors that support Medicare claiming workflows. The immediate compliance […]
Healthtech Legal Risk Assessment in Australia: A Practical Launch Checklist for Startups
Healthtech products rarely fit neatly within one legal category. Engineers may regard a product as software, a hospital may treat it as a clinical tool, the privacy team sees health data, and the Therapeutic Goods Administration may examine its intended purpose under medical device law. A healthtech legal risk assessment in Australia is most useful […]
Health Practice Service Agreements in Australia: What Clinic Owners Should Review Before Signing or Renewing Practitioner Contracts
A health practice service agreement in Australia should clearly document who provides clinical services, who controls patient records, how patient fees and service fees are handled, what administrative support the clinic provides, how privacy and data access are managed, how either party can terminate, and what restraints apply after a practitioner leaves. Clinic owners should […]
AHPRA Advertising Guidelines Australia: Health Practice Advertising Risks
The Ahpra advertising guidelines apply to anyone who advertises a regulated health service in Australia. That includes individual practitioners, clinic owners, corporate practice groups, partnerships, service entities and marketing agencies acting on their behalf. For health practice owners, the practical risk usually sits in ordinary digital content: website service pages, practitioner biographies, Google Business Profiles, […]
