Upper Eyre Peninsula cut off from Medicare rebates for six months

A bureaucratic impasse has meant people on the Upper Eyre Peninsula have been unable to access Medicare rebates for allied health care, including mental health services, for the past six months. Residents from the Upper Eyre have been unable to access Medicare rebates for allied health services for six months. "It was a bit of an unintended consequence when we stopped billing Medicare that it affected things like chronic condition, care planning and mental health care planning," said EFNLHN chief executive Julie Marron. State Shadow Minister for Mental and Regional Health Services Penny Pratt said she was disappointed with the lack of action and accused Labor of playing "dodgeball" with regional South Australia's mental health.