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ABC Fact Check on bulk-billing rate when patients see a GP
The Australian Labor Party has announced that they promise to end the Medicare rebate freeze should they win government, a move since matched by the Coalition in its latest Budget.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt …
ABC Fact Check on out-of-pocket costs to visit a GP
The Australian Labor Party has announced that they promise to end the Medicare rebate freeze should they win the election.
After this announcement, Senator Kristina Keneally tweeted: “Under [Scott Morrison] and the Liberal…
From 24th to 27th March 2019, Synapse attended the 15th National Rural Health Conference in Hobart, Tasmania, represented by our Business Development Director, Thom Soutter and our Australian based Business Development Manager, Amanda Barbone. The aim was to spread the word abou…
Ranking UAE healthcare as best 10th worldwide on systems operations, efficiency and quality
Press Release
Celebrating the UAE’s global Health Care ranking and discussing leadership in Health Care Management
Dubai, UAE – Murdoch University Dubai held a Health Care Managemen…
Last year we launched our app based medical billing system Synapps MBS to supercharge your medical billing at a fraction of the cost. Backed by a powerful rules engine Synapps MBS users can bill with confidence, receive payments faster and with fewer rejections.
We’ve listen…
DUBAI, 23rd February, 2019 — Dubai Science Park, a science and healthcare-focused business community, hosted the fifth edition of its Advance Health event, a networking platform that connects key healthcare stakeholders in the UAE.
The forum, which brings together leadin…
Arab Health 2019 was as busy as ever and we rounded up the week with a Dubai Science Park networking event, which is held annually during the conference. We were delighted to be part of the “Industry Hub” for the evening and speak to delegates from around the globe about busi…
Written by Margaret Faux – Founder & CEO at Synapse Medical Services, published in Medical Observer, 4th February, 2019.
Hospitals pestering GPs to add a name to referrals so they can bulk-bill outpatients smacks of a double-dipping scandal
If you relied on the MBS,…
Synapse Medical Services is an Australian owned company excelling in remote clinical coding solutions for hospitals of any size. We offer service solutions for both paper based and electronic medical records for long term, short term or intermittent engagements.
To learn mor…
Written by Margaret Faux – Founder & CEO at Synapse Medical Services
When Australians think of India they naturally think of the north. Maybe, as playwright David Williamson would have us think, we’re always “travelling north”. I mean, we don’t really have very muc…
On the 1st of July 2018 new Medicare legislation came into effect. Section 82 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended with further definition of what could be considered “inappropriate practice” and subject to Professional Services Review (PSR). Notably:
(2) A perso…
PRESS RELEASE
Latest edition of Dubai Science Park’s Advance Health networking event highlights importance of wellness for overall health.
Dubai-UAE: 6th December, 2018 – Dubai Science Park (DSP), a holistic science-focused business community, hosted its fourth Advance Heal…
So here it is, Merry Christmas!
Where has 2018 gone?! With the festive season well and truly upon us it is a good time to reflect on the twelve months that are coming to a close and what a wonderful 2018 it has been.
This year we’ve worked so hard and achieved so much th…
Ensuring your medical billing is accurate and your claims compliant is important.
Current industry standards suggest approximately 10% of claims are rejected. Keeping the number of rejected claims to a minimum is therefore important for your cash flow and for maintaining efficie…
Margaret and Steven Faux are harnessing technology in very different ways to push health care into a new era of efficiency and breakthrough applications.
Scrawled on the whiteboard perched in Margaret Faux’s office in Sydney’s eastern suburbs is a cacophony of acronyms and…
On average we speak seven times faster than we can write or type.
So for clinicians and medical practitioners who are expected to produce reams of correspondence and other documentation in addition to managing patient care, dictation clearly has huge advantages in terms of produ…
Clinical coding is important.
This is not news. It’s certainly no secret. The question that should be being asked now is ‘how can clinical coding be leveraged to maximise the efficiency of a hospital or health service?’ The links between accurate coding and revenue are obv…
The study referenced in the Australian Doctor article and published in BMJ Open 2018 was led by Synapse CEO Margaret Faux.
GPs are being exposed to the “unnecessary risk” of falling foul of Medicare rules because so few organisations are willing to provide guidance on ho…
Synapse co-hosts 3rd Advance Health plenary session.
Last month we along with our UAE partners OPEN Health, Connect Communications, and Dubai Science Park hosted our 3rd Advance Health plenary session and networking event. The theme this time was “Telemedicine in the evol…
You’re likely guilty of this, so beware: the law trumps Medicare advice on bulk-bill vouchers
Having patients sign the vouchers – and then filing them in a place other than the bin – is more important than you might think.
Make one false move with Medicare and you’ll end up i…
Jennifer Dogget, Editor for Croakey, is writing a series of health columns for Inside Story. In this article she weighs in on out of pocket expenses with quotes from Synapse CEO Margaret Faux:
Fast-rising medical expenses are restricting access to healthcare and increasing long-…
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IABCA Awards Evening – Brisbane City Hall 12th October 2018
On Friday evening Synapse Medical Services were honoured to be in attendance at Brisbane City Hall as finalists for the fifth annual India Australia Business and Community Awards Gala evening.
Synapse were honoured…
Training Organisation – First MOU!
We’ve recently brought news of our officially launched registered training academy, AIMAC, and hot on the heels of the launch we are delighted to annouce the first Memorandum of Understanding involving the academy as we look to make first-c…
Synapse partners visit our Chennai office as part of AIMAC launch
In the lead up to our official launch of our registered training organisation, AIMAC, we invited several of our key partners to come and tour our Chennai office. We were delighted that representatives from Advan…
Synapse launches a registered training organisation in Chennai.
On Wednesday 3 October, guests attended the launch of the Australian Institute of Medical Administration and Compliance (AIMAC) – a new Registered Training Organisation for Australian company Synapse Medical Ser…
Education and Development in Healthcare
Anyone working in healthcare will notice the unique style of employment and services needed in such a specific industry. Unlike administration in any other sector, it’s important to note that education is the key to working in or running…
ISO 9001: 2015
In order to improve it’s important that you have a good understanding of what you’re currently doing and where your strengths and weaknesses are. At Synapse Medical Services we are constantly evaluating how we stack up against our competition and what we act…
In addition to our expansion efforts into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia we have maintained a presence in the United Arab Emirates for two years now. A couple of months ago we announced our partnership with OPEN Health, Connect Communications, and Dubai Science Park to launch the …
Hello Network,
I hope you stayed warm through the southern hemisphere winter or survived the sweltering heat up north. As ever it’s been a hectic and exciting couple of months for us at Synapse towers. We’ve been globetrotting and experiencing both weather extremes.
In …