The recent launch of the Australian Medicare Local Alliance, a new national body designed to lead the network of Medicare Locals, aims to provide Australians with more effective and cohesive primary care. Sixty-one Medicare Locals have been established to coordinate primary health care delivery and tackle local health care needs and service gaps. The Alliance will support Medicare Locals to become high-performing organizations and, beginning January 1, 2013, will coordinate the provision of state-based functions on behalf of the network.
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