{"id":180,"date":"2017-10-13T16:25:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T05:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/?p=180"},"modified":"2017-11-09T11:25:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T00:25:35","slug":"update-private-health-insurance-rebates-for-remedial-massage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/2017\/10\/13\/update-private-health-insurance-rebates-for-remedial-massage\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: private health insurance rebates for remedial massage"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re safe! The Department of Health Fact Sheets<\/a> that have been published in connection with the announcement of sweeping private health insurance reforms confirm that remedial massage has not been removed from the rebate scheme.<\/p>\n

Woot!<\/p>\n

We await official confirmation of this from Minister Hunt’s office but it’s probably time to celebrate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re safe! The Department of Health Fact Sheets that have been published in connection with the announcement of sweeping private health insurance reforms confirm that remedial massage has not been removed from the rebate scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events","category-professional-practice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":336,"url":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/2017\/11\/22\/final-update-private-health-insurance-rebates-for-remedial-massage-and-myotherapy\/","url_meta":{"origin":180,"position":0},"title":"Final update: private health insurance rebates for remedial massage and myotherapy","author":"admin","date":"22\/11\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"AMT has received official confirmation today from the Minister for Health, Hon Greg Hunt, that remedial massage and myotherapy will continue to be eligible for the private health insurance rebate.","rel":"","context":"In "News and events"","block_context":{"text":"News and events","link":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/category\/news-and-events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/private-health-insurance-1200x72-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/private-health-insurance-1200x72-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/private-health-insurance-1200x72-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":178,"url":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/2017\/10\/13\/announcement-private-health-insurance-rebates-for-remedial-massage\/","url_meta":{"origin":180,"position":1},"title":"Announcement: private health insurance rebates for remedial massage","author":"admin","date":"13\/10\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Health Minister, the Hon Greg Hunt, will be announcing a raft of sweeping reforms to private health insurance later today. 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