Emergency pod! Two Medicare changes GP Practices should act on now

From 1 November 2026, two Medicare changes create new opportunities for General Practices. GP Chronic Condition Management Plans and reviews can now be completed by telephone, and the new Medicare Healthy Kids Check becomes available for every child from their third birthday until the day before they turn four. Dr Sachin Patel walks through what has changed, who is eligible, what each service needs to include, and the billing traps Practices still need to avoid. The opportunity in both cases is the same: patients may never know to ask. The Practices that benefit will be the ones that identify the right patients, explain the service, book it, and follow it up. What you'll get from this episode: • How telephone care plans can remove the friction that stops chronic disease reviews from happening • Which eligibility and co-billing traps still cause problems with telephone care plans • How some Practices have doubled or tripled chronic disease revenue by improving follow-up systems • What the new Medicare Healthy Kids Check covers and how GP and nurse time can work together • Which patient lists to pull first so you can act on both changes now ..... Resources Mentioned: AJGP: A guide to the 3-year-old health check for general practice RACGP Red Book: Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice: https://www.racgp.org.au/clinical-res... ...... Connect with Todd:   / thegeneralpracticeownerbusinesscoachdrtodd...   Connect with Sachin:   / general-practice-business-coach   ...... P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are four ways Scale My Clinic can help you grow your General Practice without burning out: 1. Spot the problems you're too busy to notice. Follow us on Instagram:   / scalemyclinic   or Facebook:   / scalemyclinic   for short videos on billing, recruitment, profit, team and leadership. 2. Binge the best podcast episodes for whatever Practice problem you're working through. Search by topic: https://smc-podcast-finder.vercel.app 3. Sharpen Your Skills: Join one of our regular live workshops. Practical, proven tactics for recruitment, team performance, and profit tailored to Owners juggling it all. Click to Register: https://booking.scalemyclinic.com.au/... 4. Learn the exact framework we use to help Practice Owners improve profit, team performance and freedom. This video: https://www.scalemyclinic.com.au/prac... shows the exact system we use.