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Facilitating access to care in a COVID-19 environment: Guidance for health practitioners
Dec 23, 2021The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the National Boards recognise that registered health practitioners have led the remarkable public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and commend them for their sustained efforts. -
Reduction in COVI-19 vaccine booster interval
Dec 23, 2021The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recently recommended that the interval at which people become eligible for a booster be reduced to five months, and that Moderna can be used as a booster. -
Funding arrangements for Pfizer vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 years
Dec 23, 2021Practices can claim the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) COVID-19 vaccine suitability assessment items for children aged 5 to 11 years, as they have done with other cohorts. -
New MBS remote supervision items
Dec 23, 2021New MBS remote supervision items will be introduced on 1 January 2022 to improve access to vaccines and booster shots for those unable to attend a vaccination site. -
SPONSORED: ASPM launches Focused Psychological Strategies Skill Training Level 2
Dec 23, 2021The Australian Society for Psychological Medicine (ASPM) is launching three Focused Psychological Strategies Skill Training ‘Level 2’ series in 2022 delivered online by GP’s for GP’s. -
Opportunity to guide the development of a tool to develop quality indicators for general practice
Dec 23, 2021The College has been invited to nominate a representative to a project to develop a set of indicators of high quality in Australian General Practice. -
PBAC releases ruling on restricted prescription of antipsychotics in residential aged care
Dec 23, 2021The College has been advised that the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has not recommended making amendments to the existing Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) listings of antipsychotic medications. -
Fond farewell to Lynn Saul on her retirement
Dec 23, 2021Lynn Saul, who has held a range of management positions in our education services area, finishes with the College this month. The College would like to celebrate Lynn’s huge contribution to the body of work underpinning the ACRRM Fellowship program. -
Changes to the Rural Veterans’ Access Payment Incentive
Dec 23, 2021As you may be aware, the Government has announced that from 1 January 2022 the Rural Bulk Billing Incentive under the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) will increase for doctors working in remote areas and rural towns based on the Modified Monash Model (MMM). This change will also apply to the Veterans’ Access Payments (VAP) for services provided to DVA clients. -
Medicare Telehealth funding changes from 1 January
Dec 23, 2021Recent changes to the Medicare Telehealth Item numbers are significant for rural patients as they are likely to directly impact affordable care and immediately reduce regional, rural and remote service delivery. -
Proposed membership change to GP Synergy
Dec 18, 2021Developments related to the proposed membership change of GP Synergy from 25 members to a single member organisation, being the RACGP. -
New eligibility guidelines - access to PPE through PHNs
Dec 16, 2021The Australian Government has updated the criteria for access to PPE for general practices supporting COVID-positive patients. In addition to the current arrangements, eligibility for PPE bundles has been expanded to additional settings. -
Telehealth now a permanent primary healthcare tool
Dec 16, 2021ACRRM welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement this week to invest in telehealth as a permanent primary healthcare tool. -
Image-based prescribing extended to 31 March 2022
Dec 15, 2021Due to cease 31 December the Commonwealth has announced that image-based prescribing arrangements will continue to 31 March 2022. -
EOI for College representative role on the Conjoint Committee for Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine
Dec 15, 2021ACRRM is seeking to fill one of the two representative positions for the College on the Conjoint Committee for Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine (CCPHRM), the group responsible for broader governance of the Diploma of Pre-hospital and Retrieval Medicine (DipPHRM). -
COVID-19 booster dose now available
Dec 9, 2021A booster dose is now available to anyone in Australia aged 18 years and over who has completed their primary course of vaccination at least six-months ago. ATAGI has advised that in special circumstances, the six-month interval may be shortened to five months when needed for logistical reasons. -
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine now available for 5 to 11-year-olds
Dec 9, 2021The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved the Pfizer vaccine as safe and effective for use for 5 to 11-year-old children in Australia. -
College representative sought for Project Ambassador role - National Asthma Research Agenda
Dec 9, 2021Asthma Australia has invited the College to participate as a project ambassador to develop national research priorities for asthma as determined by people with lived experience, their carers, treating health professionals and policy makers. -
ACRRM Tele-Derm - a unique service for rural and remote Australia
Dec 9, 2021A few words from Dermatologist Dr Jim Muir on the benefits of the Tele-Derm service, free for ACRRM members, and non-members who are doctors working in rural and remote locations. -
Legality of Image Based Prescribing - approaching end date
Dec 9, 2021The Commonwealth Department of Health is reminding prescribers and dispensers of the approaching end date for the final extension of the image-based prescribing arrangements on 31 December 2021.