St George Cardiology

Phone
02 8580 1649

Address
Suite 7H, Level 5, 1 South St
Kogarah NSW 2217

Holroyd Heart Centre

Phone
02 8604 0933

Address
Suite 7H, Level 5, 1 South St
Kogarah NSW 2217

March 2021

Medicare changes to cardiac testing

Posted By Dr George Touma,
14/03/2021 09:20 AM
Medicare is an amazing privilege of living in Australia.    On 1 August 2020, the Federal government implemented significant changes to cardiac testing which limits bulk billing and medicare rebates for    1. Echocardiograms 2. Exercise stress tests 3. Consults performed immediately after tests   Essentially, stress tests for patients without symptoms (unless diabetic) can't be performed through medicare (either bulk billed or rebatable). THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY CAN'T...