Christopher Harrison

Jan 16, 2025 | theconversation.com | Ruth McHugh-Dillon |Brett Montgomery |Christopher Harrison |Jim Gillespie |Joanne C Enticott |Yuting Zhang

A new report by a GP listing company made headlines this week showing low rates of bulk billing for GP visits across Australia. Bulk billing means the consultation is free for the patient and the GP accepts what Medicare covers (the “benefit” or “rebate”) as the full payment. The highest reported bulk billing rate was in New South Wales (34.5%) and the lowest in the ACT (3.3%) and Tasmania (0%). This caused the Tasmanian health minister to declare bulk billing “dead” in her state.

Dec 10, 2024 | mdedge.com | Christopher Harrison

Who would have thought we would need to refresh our knowledge on polio virus in 2022? Fate seems cruel to add this concern on the heels of SARS-CoV-2, monkeypox, abnormal seasons for RSV, acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) linked to enteroviruses, and a summer of parechovirus causing infant meningitis. But confirmation that indeed an adult had polio with paralytic disease raises concerns among public health groups and ordinary citizens alike, particularly those who remember polio in its heyday.

Nov 23, 2023 | mdpi.com | Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu |Ying Zhang |Christopher Harrison |Tan Van Nguyen

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Apr 18, 2023 | thetimes.com.au | Christopher Harrison

Wed Apr 19 Written by Christopher Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney Australia’s Medicare billing system is overly complicated, bureaucratic and not meeting the needs of a modern health service, potentially leaking billions of dollars. But claims this loss is mostly due to fraudulent billing practices by GPs are inaccurate.