21Mar | Women in MedTech Networking Event - International Women's Day

Macquarie Park, NSW

MTAA invites the MedTech community to celebrate International Women's Day with this special networking event. Join us and hear from our special guest Dr Melina Georgousakis Founder and Director of Franklin Women, as we celebrate under the theme, Count Her In: Invest in Women. Acclerate Progress. The conversation will continue with Q&As and networking afterwards.

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Independent Hospital Pricing Authority data on medical devices - Apples & Oranges

12 September, 2017

Today, The Australian carries a story (‘Premium hopes rest on knees, hip’) based on the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) data as part of the Senate Community Affairs Committee inquiry into the Prostheses List (PL) framework.

The Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA) is of the view the IHPA data is like comparing ‘apples and oranges’ when it comes to comparing the prices of the same prostheses in the public sector versus the private sector...

Insurers continue to mislead on devices

30 September, 2019

The private health insurance industry’s continued insistence on misleading the public through suggestions that the medical devices industry is somehow ‘driving sales volume’ in response to government reforms is a blatant misrepresentation of how our private healthcare system operates and demonstrates that they are putting profits before the needs of patients.

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Prostheses List Reform Fact Checks

28 Sep 2021
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Reform must be backed by the best data

14 September, 2017

Medical device makers recognise the need for reform of the Prostheses List but it needs to be based on the best data, according to CEO of the Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA), Ian Burgess.

Mr Burgess spoke with HealthDispatch in a week during which the MTAA released its own data on prostheses pricing and continues to argue with private health insurers over the extent and nature of reform.

New report highlights value of accessing cataract treatment through the prostheses list

16 October, 2019

MTAA has welcomed the release of a report by Deloitte highlighting the benefits to Australian patients and government of accessing ophthalmic devices through the Prostheses List (PL).

When Insurers Choose, Patients Lose - Campaign Launched to Protect Patient Choice

15 November, 2021

A new public health campaign to protect Australians’ access to life-saving therapies and medical technologies has gone live today.

Medical Device industry welcomes Government response to Senate inquiry

15 September, 2017

Yesterday the Government released its response to the 16 recommendations made by Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee report: Pricing regulation associated with the Prostheses.

MTAA welcomes the report and has been working with Government to deliver reforms which improve patients access to the best medical devices in the private system. It is important Prostheses List (PL) reform and increased transparency is based on facts and not fiction when it comes to evidence.

ACCC Report confirms insurers shouldn't play doctor

02 March, 2020

ACCC's report into private health insurers paints a disturbing picture of deceptive behaviour and declining affordability and value driving the industry’s current ‘death spiral’.

Insurers Gift Struggling Aussies a Christmas Premium Hike

23 December, 2021

MTAA has slammed the corporate insurance industry for slugging Australians with another premium hike, while they continue to rake in record profits.