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Well spring has sprung but you would be forgiven for questioning that, with temperatures still in the teens in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne!
There is a lot to tell you, as there has been much happening across the Synapse teams over the past few months. We have been busily wo…
Welcome to our winter newsletter. We recently launched an exciting new service at the AMA National Conference, where we were the platinum sponsor. It represents further innovation and a response to demands for flexibility and tailored solutions. You can now have the Synapse medic…
We are pleased to be this years Platinum Sponsor at the AMA National Conference for 2016.
This year, organisers have confirmed a conference that looks better than ever. They have lined up exciting speakers, interactive sessions, master class CPD sessions all within a famil…
The year has definitely kicked off with a bang for Synapse! We have a new website which will be launched later this week, and we have news on app developments, the rapid growth of Appointmaid and more. We have also opened a brand new large scale delivery centre to man…
Will outsourcing Medicare payments lead to privatisation? Phillip Adams of ABC’s Late Night Live asks just this of Margaret Faux – as US outsourcing firm, Accenture, rumours to be interested in tendering for Medicare’s payment systems.
‘Healthy is the new wealthy’ is one of …
In this recent Croakey article, Margaret Faux challenges the Government’s position and argues that the proposal to outsource Medicare payments could lead to long-term and irreversible changes to the fundamental nature of Medicare.
Read the story in full on Croakey.org
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Our very own Margaret Faux answers some questions for journalist Kate McDonald of PULSE+IT, as the story breaks that the Australian government is looking at privatising or outsourcing Medicare claiming and payments.
The idea of outsourcing the notoriously complex Medicare paym…
Medicare is one of those things that’s distinctly Australian but does it need to adapt to the times? Margaret Faux is a lawyer, registered nurse and founder of Synapse Medical Services.
Her PhD is entitled “Claiming and compliance under the Medicare Benefits Schedule: A critic…
Health Minister Sussan Ley’s office has come under fire for her recent comments, saying patients should be “suspicious” of pathologists’ estimates of how much they would have to pay for pap smears and blood tests to recover planned federal cuts. Our very own Margaret Faux dispute…
The pap smear debacle exposes an amnesia at the heart of government, where reforms are born in a vacuum and informed debate takes a back seat, writes Margaret Faux.
Ready the story in full on Croakey.org
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The Synapse office will remain open over the Christmas period with the exception of the public holidays.
There may be some minor delays in completing your files as we will be operating with skeleton staff.
We wish you all a safe and happy festive season and than…
What a year! It’s seems that only a moment ago we sent out the April newsletter and yet here we are, drawing close to the end of 2015. I’m delighted to be able to finally take a breath and update you on the exciting developments at Synapse since we last spoke.
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