As Australian Medical Practitioners, we have to be mindful as to how we utilise our nation's medicare system when it comes to pathology testing. We are very fortunate to be living in a country that provides funding for many routine pathology tests. However, it is important that we adhere to the rules and choose tests wisely.
Hopefully this PDF provides a quick reference tool for you to have on your laptop/desk so as to be streamlined with your pathology testing to best elevate your patient's care in guiding them towards achieving optimal health!
Some medicare criteria listed includes that of Vitamin D, thyroid function tests, as well as functional medicine tests that are available in Australia but not under medicare criteria.
About me
Dr Malini Bose MBBS (Hons), FRACGP, DcH, FACNEM
Founder of Phoenixdocs
As an integrative/functional medicine general practitioner based in Australia, I am incredibly passionate about teaching other medical and allied health practitioners about what it means to achieve optimal health, so they can pass on the knowledge to their patients. It is not enough to simply treat symptoms and diagnosis chronic diseases when it is too late. Let's start conversations about addressing root causes and having more tools in our kit to help patients prevent, treat and potentially reverse chronic disease.