Useful Guides & Links to EPC & CDM Resources
Acknowledgements
The Ballarat and District Division of General Practice received funding from the Australian Government to develop this resource.
Chronic Disease Management
- Summary of new MBS item numbers: General Practice and allied health (flipchart)
- EPC Medicare Benefits Schedule Items at 1 November 2008
- CDM & Cancer Web Links
- CDM Items & SIPS for Diabetes & Asthma
- Allied Health Group Services Items for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes from 1 May 2007
- Cancer Case Conference: MBS Items 871 & 872
Registers & Recalls
How to manage registers, recalls and database cleaning for your clinical system. Guides available for Medical Director and MedTech.
Business Models & Cost Comparisons
Pro Forma Letters & Forms
CMA Pilot Nurse Project
Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI)
ACFI is the new funding instrument used to calculate the government subsidy for aged care residents. ACFI requires input from residents' GPs, preferably in the form of a CMA.
Start with the ACFI introduction and user's guide, plus the assessment form and answer pack. For those really keen on details, there's business rules and scenarios.
CMA Delivery
- List of requirements before you can work in an Aged Care Facility
- CMA Service Delivery Model for General Practice
- Sample register for CMAs, MCPs and RMMRs (Excel)
- Flowchart of how CMAs are delivered
- Referral for GP to notify nurse of CMA
- CMA nurse feedback report
- Medical directive letter asking RACF to update resident's record
More CMA resources:
- CMA nurse pilot project overview
- Things to think about before attending BDDGP's CMA nurse training
- Consent for MBS items
- What is the role of a practice nurse in a CMA-MBS item 712?
- Documentation requirements for a CMA
- Useful web sites
- St Andrews' communication protocol for RMMRs (for BHS facilities)
- Index of CMA resource pack
