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There are real opportunities to achieve higher standards of healthcare in rural and remote Australia through the increased and integrated use of digital health solutions. Digital health can improve equitable access to health services and support patients in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of their health and wellbeing.
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Mar 23, 2020. The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) supports the extension of telehealth item numbers to ensure all doctors are equipped to protect their communities during the ... Mar 18, 2020. RDAA and ACRRM welcome the Government’s
Read the latest updates on these initiatives below. Temporary MBS item numbers for telehealth (phone and video) consultations, where a practice has seen the patient in person in the last 12 ... months (There are limited exemptions to this requirement).These are in
Date Published: Mar 23, 2020. The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) supports the extension of telehealth item numbers to ensure all doctors are equipped to protect their communities ... The College advocated strongly on behalf of rural and
The College advocated for the additional MBS Item Numbers and welcomes the announcement,” Dr McPhee says. ... Patients eligible for telehealth item numbers are those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 but aren’t a hospital patient, or have been instructed
As well as promoting access to high-quality continuity of care for rural patients, Dr McPhee says it is essential any MBS rebates for GP item numbers support rural and remote ... The MBS item numbers should be developed in close consultation with the College; the
From 1 January 2022, DVA is introducing additional item numbers to allow general practitioners to claim the VAP which are detailed in the table above. ... From 1 January 2022, GPs will need to claim the VAP using the DVA item in conjunction with any telehealth
Article. Medicare Telehealth funding changes from 1 January . Date Published: Dec 23, 2021. ... Recent changes to the Medicare Telehealth item numbers are significant for rural patients as they are likely to directly impact affordable care and immediately reduce
Article. Telehealth now a permanent primary healthcare tool. Date Published: Dec 16, 2021. ... Compliance. Telehealth item numbers will be included in the prescribed pattern of services threshold.
Article. Telehealth extension welcomed by rural and remote doctors. Date Published: Sep 18, 2020. ... ACRRM President Dr Ewen McPhee says the College advocated strongly on behalf of rural and remote General Practitioners to have telehealth item numbers for primary
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The telehealth MBS item numbers were introduced in 2012 and included the item numbers and an on-boarding incentive. ... Members have pointed to concerns about the Government’s decision not to continue with Medicare telehealth item numbers for phone consultations