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Dental Benefit Act and recovery of improperly-paid rebates


A recent news article in the Sydney Morning Herald suggested that the Department of Health (the department) may not actively chase down repayment of incorrectly paid rebates unless the amounts to be recovered were greater than $30,000. This is most definitely not the case.



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Proposed changes to standards - infection control update


Registered dental practitioners have an obligation to abide by the standards set out by the regulator (the Dental Board of Australia) and best practice as outlined by your professional association (the ADA) when it comes to infection control. So maintaining relevant and implementable standards for infection control in dental practices remains a key advocacy issue for the ADA with a focus on Australian and New Zealand Standards ...


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Health insurer HBF to overhaul dental rebates that were no longer 'fit for purpose'


WA’s biggest health insurer is overhauling its dental coverage in a move it claims will result in a greater choice of dentists and more transparency in gap payments. HBF concedes some rebates for dental work such as crowns could fall to a fixed dollar benefit rather than a percentage of a fee as a result of the move. The new Member Plus dental arrangement, revealed to hundreds of dentists in Perth last night, will replace the “preferred provider” system — or two-tiered benefit structure — from January 1.


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Dental science the most popular course at Charles Sturt University next year


Charles Sturt University's dental science course, which is offered in Orange, has emerged as the most popular course among students planning to study at university in 2019. Data showed that health courses, including dental science, paramedicine, physiotherapy, veterinary biology, and nursing, were the most preferred undergraduate courses at CSU.


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Primary Health Care gets Afterpay dental surge


The chief executive of Primary Health Care's dental surgeries says the group had a flood of 800 new customers in just eight weeks after offering the Afterpay 'buy now, payer later'. Michelle Aquilina said the take-up rate was "phenomenal", given it was a soft launch, and surpassed even the most optimistic internal forecasts. All up more than 1400 patients accessed the Afterpay portal in a two-month period since August, she said.


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