Posts by Vince Bowyer
PHI Rebates Are Back for Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine!
We’re celebrating a major milestone for natural healthcare in Australia! 🎉 On April 14, 2025, the Hon. Mark Butler officially endorsed the NTREAP expert panel’s recommendations to reinstate Private Health Insurance (PHI) rebates for Naturopathy and Western Herbal Medicine. These rebates were removed in 2019, pending a thorough review of evidence around their effectiveness and…
Read MoreWild Cherry Bark peeled off the banned herb list
Exciting Update for Western Herbal Medicine Practitioners We’re pleased to announce that Wild Cherry Bark will soon be released from the TGA’s banned herb list! In cooperation with Integria, and OneCam, we presented proposals in 2022-2023 to lift the ban on Wild Cherry Bark. The TGA had restricted the herb due to its amygdalin content.…
Read MoreHealth Fund rebates for Nat and WHM – Are we there yet?
The journey to restore natural therapies in private health insurance has been long. And it’s not over yet. In 2015, the Government reviewed 16 natural therapies. It found insufficient evidence of effectiveness and removed rebates for treatments like Naturopathy and Western Herbal Medicine. This decision hit our industry hard. Public and professional concern led to…
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