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Media releases

December 2008

• Medicare Australia helps Starlight grant Christmas wishes - 22 December 2008 [PDF, 33Kb]
• Medicare Australia: hungry to help - 18 December 2008 [PDF, 32Kb]
• Medicare's festive season opening hours - 18 December 2008 [PDF, 32Kb]

November 2008

• Medicare Australia, hungry to help - 26 November 2008 [PDF, 37Kb]
• Man tries to claim services for obstetrics and gynaecology - 25 November 2008 [PDF, 93Kb]
• Medicare Australia staff celebrate Spark reading - 14 November 2008 [PDF, 118Kb]
• Electronic Medicare claiming: Better for your patients. Better for your business - 10 November 2008
• Medicare Australia's latest online learning tool - 5 November 2008 [PDF, 112Kb]

October 2008

• Medicare Australia named an outstanding employer - 31 October 2008 [PDF, 28Kb]
• Medicare Australia CEO retires on a high - 30 October 2008 [PDF, 137Kb]
• Medicare Australia 'Best of the Best' - 30 October 2008 [PDF, 113Kb]
• OH&S Success for Medicare Australia - 24 October 2008 [PDF, 37Kb]
• Brumbies kick in support for remote communities - 17 October 2008 [PDF, 33Kb]
• Doctor fined $56 000 for MBS fraud - 3 October 2008 [PDF, 35Kb]

September 2008

• Medicare Australia supports 10 faces, 10 stories - 23 September 2008 [PDF, 80Kb]
• More convenient Medicare claiming - Oberon residents can bank on it - 23 September 2008 [PDF, 76Kb]
• Medicare Australia - Connecting with the Geelong community - 18 September 2008 [PDF, 101Kb]
• Medicare offices abuzz in the fight against diabetes - 10 September 2008 [PDF, 116Kb]
• Medicare Australia media statement re ECLIPSE - 5 September 2008 [PDF, 106Kb]

August 2008

• Privacy is a Priority at Medicare Australia - 28 August 2008 [PDF, 128Kb]

July 2008

• Medclaims/X400: out with the old, in with the new - 1 July 2008 [PDF, 35Kb]

June 2008

• More convenient Medicare claiming—you can bank on it - 13 June 2008 [PDF, 41Kb]
• Nambour Medicare office reopens - 3 June 2008 [PDF, 33Kb]
• Nambour Medicare office temporarily closed - 2 June 2008 [PDF, 34Kb]

April 2008

• Mother and daughter jailed for defrauding Medicare - 29 April 2008 [PDF, 35Kb]
• Medicare Australia Cleans Up at Green Training Awards - 24 April 2008 [PDF, 31Kb]

February 2008

• Kotara Medicare office open - 29 February 2008 [PDF, 97Kb]
• Kotara Medicare office temporarily closed - 28 February 2008 [PDF, 106Kb]
• Man jailed for defrauding the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - 21 February 2008 [PDF, 121Kb]
• Cowboys spread the word about the Australian Organ Donor Register - 18 February 2008
  [PDF, 106Kb]
• Mackay Medicare office temporarily closed - 15 February 2008 [PDF, 116Kb]
• Ayr Medicare office open - 13 February 2008 [PDF, 104Kb]
• Ayr Medicare office temporarily closed - 12 February 2008 [PDF, 78Kb]

January 2008

• Cyclone Medicare office closures - 04 January 2008 [PDF, 81Kb]

For more Medicare Australia news, please visit our ‘Announcements from the Minister for Human Services’ page.

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Last updated: 22 December, 2008