The Federal Government is continuing to review the MBS items, as of this week there are more items relating to bulk billing and practice nurse items. In this podcast session Anne Davis, NSW&ACT Faculty Manager is joined by Brett McPherson, an experienced Practice Manager Consultant to detail the MBS changes.

Resources:

Bulk billing incentives items, and Practice nurse items: http://www.mbsonline.gov.au/internet/mbsonline/publishing.nsf/Content/News+2020-04-20

Home Medicine Reviews: https://www.ppaonline.com.au/

This episode was recorded on Wednesday 22 April 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.

Earlier this year the Federal Government implemented changes to the incentive programs. In this podcast session Anne Davis, NSW&ACT Faculty Manager is joined by Brett McPherson, an experienced Practice Manager Consultant to discuss WIP and the Quarterly Confirmation Statement.

Resources:

https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/organisations/health-professionals/services/medicare/workforce-incentive-program-wip-practice-stream

https://www.racgp.org.au/FSDEDEV/media/documents/Faculties/NSW/WIP.pdf

Anne Davis, RACGP NSW&ACT talks with Dr Nathan Pinskier. Nathan is a general practitioner with skills and interest in information technology in general and ehealth in particular. While practice managers have been aware of telehealth for some time, in this COVID environment and the new MBS items there is a need for more learning. This podcast focuses on video consultations from a management perspective with a range of topics discussed including the technology and regulations around the software, the practicalities, and the systems a manager needs to develop to ensure it is managed efficiently.

Resources:

https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/covid-19-national-health-plan-primary-care-package-mbs-telehealth-services-and-increased-practice-incentive-payments

https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/03/covid-19-national-health-plan-primary-care-fast-track-electronic-prescribing_0.pdf

https://www.racgp.org.au/FSDEDEV/media/documents/Clinical%20Resources/Guidelines/Guide-to-providing-telephone-and-video-consultations.pdf

https://www.racgp.org.au/running-a-practice/technology/business-technology/using-email-in-general-practice

http://www.mbsonline.gov.au/internet/mbsonline/publishing.nsf/Content/Factsheet-TempBB

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Anne Davis, NSW&ACT Faculty Manager continues the COVID series with Margaret Banks, Director, National Standards Program at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. During this session Anne and Margaret discuss the recent changes made around General Practice accreditation.

Resources:

https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/primary-care/national-general-practice-accreditation-scheme#accreditation---responding-to-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-from-covid-19-pandemic

This episode was recorded on Thursday 2 April 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may longer be current by the time of listening.

On 29 March 2020 the Federal Government announced changes to the PIP that will support general practices to remain open so they can enable face to face consultation and delivery of care. In this podcast session Anne Davis, NSW&ACT Faculty Manager is joined by Brett McPherson, an experienced Practice Manager Consultant to detail the changes to the PIP that took effect on 30 March 2020.

Resources:

https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-primary-care-package-practice-incentive-payments

This episode was recorded on Tuesday 31 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.

Anne Davis, RACGP NSW&ACT continues the COVID series with Penny Burns, a General Practitioner with extensive experience in disaster management. During this session Anne and Penny discuss how practice managers can ensure that the reception space is safe for staff and patients from an infection control approach.

This episode was recorded Saturday 28 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.

Anne Davis, RACGP NSW&ACT continues the COVID series with Penny Burns, a General Practitioner with extensive experience in disaster management. During this session Penny walks us through how we got here, the future of COVID-19 and what our new normal may look like.

This episode was recorded Saturday 28 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.

Anne Davis, RACGP NSW&ACT continues the COVID series with Angela Mason, a risk manager with Avant and Georgie Haysom, Lawyer and Head of Avant's research, education and advocacy. During this session Anne, Angela and Georgie discuss WHS issues for practice managers during this uncertain time.

Resources:

www.avant.org.au/Resources/Public/Coronavirus/

This episode was recorded on Friday 20 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.

Anne Davis, RACGP NSW&ACT continues the COVID series with Jan Fizzell; Jan is a Medical Advisor at the office of the Chief Health Officer at NSW Health. This podcast session covers considerations in regards to closure should a staff member test positive for COVID-19.

Information on stimulus packages for small businesses (will be continually updated): www.racgp.org.au/running-a-practice/practice-resources/practice-tools/financial-assistance-for-practices

This episode was recorded on Friday 27 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.

Anne Davis, RACGP NSW&ACT continues the COVID series with Liane Steele; Liane is the Manager Treatment and Recovery Health Policy, Prevention and Supervision for State Insurance Regulatory Authority. This podcast session covers workers compensation consultations during this pandemic.

The amended Fees Order is available on the SIRA website at https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/613001/Medical-Practitioner-Fees-Order-2020-No-2.pdf

This episode was recorded on Thursday 26 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.