Novartis secures PBS recommendation for Beovu
An independent expert panel has recommended Novartis' treatment Beovu be subsidised through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for neovascular age-related ...
Tag: Department of Health
Vaccine eligibility website falls short for blind and low vision Australians
Australia’s largest provider of low vision services is disappointed it has to act as the government’s “accessibility watchdog” after its ...
Department dashes hopes of telehealth Medicare coverage
Efforts to extend Medicare coverage for optometry telehealth services during COVID-19 have taken a blow after the Department of Health ...
Relief as Optometry Australia issues service provision update
Optometry practices that were mothballed or reduced to urgent care at the peak of the COVID-19 emergency are returning to ...
Major funding boost for optometry consumer awareness campaign
Optometry Australia (OA) has received a government grant worth more than $400,000 to promote optometry and community eye health under ...
COVID-19 restrictions sparks Optometry Australia-Oculo partnership
Optometry Australia (OA) members will have access to Oculo’s telehealth platform, including its real-time videoconference feature, as part of a ...
Sector pushes for Medicare telehealth items amid COVID-19
The ophthalmic community is lobbying the government to allow eyecare professionals to deliver telehealth consultations under Medicare during COVID-19, as ...
PM announces freeze to all non-critical elective surgery
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced all non-critical elective surgeries will be suspended across private and public hospitals as the ...