# Margaret Deerain

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### Rural clinics $900K short as Medicare funds just 25% of team care
2026-08-14 08:46:10 · Sentiment: Strongly negative · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

A Senate inquiry has heard that fee-for-service Medicare covers only about a quarter of the cost of Aboriginal community-controlled multidisciplinary care, leaving clinics roughly $900,000 short per site compared with standard GP clinics. The evidence points to a payment-architecture failure in remote primary care, where disease burden is more than double the national average. Health system leaders should watch for a shift toward needs-based block funding.
Full story: https://gethealthbrief.com/story/medicare-funds-25-percent-rural-accho-team-care

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