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Changes to Medicare recognition of General Practitioners
Oct 15, 2020Changes to the way General Practitioners (GPs) are recognised by Services Australia will come into effect from 15 June 2021. -
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) changes to the Authorised Prescriber Scheme
Oct 14, 2020The TGA has implemented a change to the Authorised Prescriber scheme to streamline the application process for medicines considered to have an established history of use in Australia. The application form and process have been updated for medical practitioners to apply under the new arrangements. -
Member feedback welcome: Medical Internship Framework Review
Oct 13, 2020The Australian Medical Council (AMC) is reviewing the National Framework for Medical Internship on behalf of the Medical Board of Australia. Consultation is currently underway on a revised Framework to be implemented in 2022. -
Expression of Interest- Review of Assessing Fitness to Drive
Oct 13, 2020ACRRM has been invited to participate in the upcoming review of Assessing Fitness to Drive, including an invitation to nominate a representative to participate in the project advisory group. -
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Primary Health Care Standards - member feedback welcome
Oct 13, 2020The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has developed draft Primary Health Care Standards. The College will be providing a submission and members are encouraged to provide feedback to inform this. Members are also welcome to make individual submissions. -
New Medicare education products for Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses and Midwives
Oct 7, 2020Are you a Nurse Practitioner, Practice Nurse or Midwife? Services Australia’s Health Professional Education Resources Gateway has a great range of new e-Learning modules and other education resources to help you with your Medicare claiming. -
ACRRM welcomes budget announcements
Oct 7, 2020ACRRM acknowledges the Government’s continued investment in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Federal Budget and welcomes its commitment to address the current workforce maldistribution; promote longer term reform and support infrastructure and services that will address the healthcare needs of all Australians who live outside the urban footprint. -
ACRRM announces new College representatives
Sep 30, 2020The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is pleased to announce new appointments to the College Board, Council and Registrars’ Committee. -
Update on Active Ingredient Prescribing
Sep 30, 2020The deadline for mandatory changes to the Active Ingredient Prescribing (AIP) have been extended due to the impact of COVID-19 and the Australian bushfires. All eligible Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation PBS (RPBS) prescriptions generated from 1 February 2021 will need to comply with the new AIP requirements. -
Virtual Care Update
Sep 30, 2020There have been several new initiatives recently to help doctors support patients virtually rather than in person. -
EOI: ACRRM Representative on Rural and Remote Medical and Dental Credentialing and Scope of Clinical Practice Committee
Sep 28, 2020ACRRM is calling for Expressions of Interest from Fellows located in North West HHS, Central West HHS, South West HHS and Torres or Cape HHS to represent the College on this Committee, which supports these rural and remote hospital and health services in processing credentialing and clinical scope of practice. -
JOINT RELEASE: Don’t border on irresponsible: Keep up the COVID tests!
Sep 23, 2020With more state borders reopening, border bubbles being expanded and school holidays starting, Australia’s peak rural medical bodies are urging rural Australians to keep getting tested for COVID-19…even if they are only showing the mildest of symptoms. -
Information on the telehealth measures
Sep 23, 2020Extending until 31 March 2021, the temporary MBS telehealth items are available to GPs, medical practitioners, specialists, consultant physicians, nurse practitioners, participating midwives, allied health providers, and dental practitioners in the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery. -
Roll out of electronic prescribing
Sep 23, 2020Since the availability of electronic prescribing in May there has been a rapid increase in the number of prescriptions produced electronically instead of on paper. The recent focus of the roll out has been the greater Melbourne area and there are trial sites running in each state resulting in over 100,000 ePrescriptions generated so far. -
Rural Health Outreach Fund extension supports ACRRM Tele-Derm delivery
Sep 22, 2020Today’s announcement of a $115 million extension to the Rural Health Outreach Fund (RHOF) is welcomed by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). -
UPDATE: Cessation of temporary arrangements for automatic 3GA program and 19AB extensions
Sep 22, 2020Earlier this year, the Department communicated temporary changes to requirements around provider numbers and programs, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. When designing the temporary measures, the key considerations were promoting a safe, quality health workforce; removing barriers and administrative obligations; and maintaining continuity of services to the community -
Opportunity to contribute to the development of the Fifth NSW Cancer Plan
Sep 22, 2020The Cancer Institute NSW is collaborating and consulting with a wide range of government, non-government, community and consumer stakeholders to inform the next Plan. The current plan can be found here. Consultation will include a series of co-design workshops, involving key government and non-government agencies, and community and consumer stakeholders. -
Expression of Interest – Remunerated position - Review of Assessing Fitness to Drive
Sep 22, 2020ACRRM has been invited to participate in the upcoming review of Assessing Fitness to Drive, including an invitation to nominate a representative to participate in the project advisory group. -
Planning for the resumption of assessments under the National General Practice Accreditation (NGPA) Scheme
Sep 21, 2020Resumption of on-site assessments to the RACGP Standards for general practices will occur from 26 October 2020 for practices that are at low risk of transmission of COVID-19.