Government relents on pandemic response as data reveals spike in treatments

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The federal government has relented with a new telehealth Medicare item to support the prescribing of the PBS-listed COVID-19 treatments while new data reveals a significant spike in their utilisation. …

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Government relents on pandemic response as data reveals spike in treatments

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