Insights Sectors: Health

Sep 24, 2019

INSIGHT: Striking the balance: Do the recent amendments to mandatory reporting obligations go far enough?

Despite significant resistance by key stakeholders, amendments to mandatory reporting obligations in respect of registered health practitioners treating other health…

Sep 23, 2019

INSIGHT: Ask for help, and ask early – advice for surviving an AHPRA notification

Meridian Lawyers regularly assists health practitioners who have been the subject of notification to statutory health authorities such as AHPRA,…

Sep 11, 2019

INSIGHT: A gift bejewelled with risk

In what circumstances should a gift from a patient be politely declined? Doctors are entrusted with acting in their patients’…

Sep 5, 2019

INSIGHT: Pharmacy Workplace Relations – Hot Topics

Annualised Salary –  as part of the review of all modern awards the Fair Work Commission has determined that the…

Sep 3, 2019

INSIGHT: Directors’ Duties

Do you own a pharmacy through a corporate entity such as a proprietary company? Are there shareholders who hold a…

Sep 3, 2019

INSIGHT: Be Data Smart

Pharmacy data is a valuable resource and pharmacy owners are increasingly being asked to permit third parties to access their…

Aug 27, 2019

INSIGHT: Applications for new PBS Approvals or relocations of existing PBS approvals

Pharmacists wishing to lodge applications for Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (ACPA) approval for the establishment of a new PBS approved…

Aug 19, 2019

INSIGHT: Professional medical organisations collaborate to help bring clarity on medical costs for patients

In conjunction with 13 professional medical Colleges, Associations and Societies, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has released a Guide ‘Informed…

Jun 26, 2019

INSIGHT: Steroids and hormone therapies – Off label use or misuse/abuse?

Pharmacists are expected to have a contemporary knowledge of the drugs that are subject to abuse or misuse, both generally…

Jun 25, 2019

INSIGHT: How medical practitioners can manage negative online reviews

Patients are increasingly using social media to post anonymous reviews and ratings about medical services they have received, both good…

Jun 12, 2019

INSIGHT: Victorian Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation comes into force in June

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) (the Act) comes into operation on 19 June 2019, making Voluntary Assisted Dying…

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