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Cohealth Closes Clinics, Thousands Affected Amid Funding Failures

10/17/2025

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Cohealth will close GP services at three clinics in Victoria in December 2023, impacting thousands of patients and leading to 20 job losses.
Chief Executive Nicole Bartholomeusz cited failures in Medicare funding as the main reason for the closures, which affect vulnerable patients with complex health needs.
The closures occur just weeks before new bulk billing incentives take effect on November 1, 2023.
A Federal Government spokesperson expressed disappointment and urged Cohealth to reconsider the new Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program, which Cohealth claims is inadequate to cover care costs.

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Story summary

Cohealth will close GP services at three clinics in Victoria in December 2023, impacting thousands of patients and leading to 20 job losses.
Chief Executive Nicole Bartholomeusz cited failures in Medicare funding as the main reason for the closures, which affect vulnerable patients with complex health needs.
The closures occur just weeks before new bulk billing incentives take effect on November 1, 2023.
A Federal Government spokesperson expressed disappointment and urged Cohealth to reconsider the new Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program, which Cohealth claims is inadequate to cover care costs.