Tag: Medical Benefits Scheme

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Medicare data-matching bill passes Parliament

The government will launch a new data-matching scheme for sensitive medical information, designed to crack down on Medicare fraud, after controversial legislation sailed through Parliament with support from the...

Medicare data bill gets the nod

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Controversial legislation greatly expanding the scope of Medicare data-matching is set to sail through Parliament after Labor offered its full support for the bill. The Health Legislation Amendment (Data-matching)...

Health data share plan is too broad

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s proposed Medicare data-matching scheme is too broad and would bring with it a range of privacy risks, according to the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. The...