GPs can charge Ministry of Health up to $250 a Covid swab
Director-General denies the test claim for GPs is an undercover subsidy.
Julie Iles
Tue, 25 Aug 2020
While lab testing to date has racked up a $49 million bill that has been footed by the Ministry of Health under a standardised agreement for $70 a test, the income GPs nationwide get per test is an even bigger sum - but say the scheme is "hardly a money spinner".
A three-tiered framework was
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Julie Iles
Tue, 25 Aug 2020
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GPs can charge Ministry of Health up to $250 a Covid swab
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