Bulk billing rates are rising: Abbott (AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
More Australians used bulk billing in 2005, while $280 million was spent through the safety net in its first full year, Health Minister Tony Abbott said.

Melamedia Seminar on Clinical Trial Billing Under Medicare Focuses on Lessons Learned from Rush University Medical (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ALEXANDRIA, Va.----March 8, 2006--The rules on billing Medicare for services provided in clinical trials have become more comprehensible with the recent landmark settlement with Rush University Medical Center that the HHS Office of Inspector General called a model for handling billing compliance issues.

Bulk-billing rates up: Abbott (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott says Government efforts to strengthen Medicare have seen an increase in bulk-billing rates by GPs.