Addiction medicine consultation items

Medical Services Advisory Committee
Record ID 32015000430
English
Authors' objectives: A proposal was received seeking a funding model that reflected contemporary addiction medicine practice, for example, time-tiered specialist professional attendance items and specialist case conferencing items which reflect multidisciplinary management integral to effective and efficient addiction medicine practice. This will include MBS items for complex treatment and management planning.
Authors' recommendations: After considering the strength of the available evidence in relation to the safety, clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Addiction Medicine and Sexual Health Medicine consultation items, MSAC supports public funding of 16 new time-tiered MBS items for AM services and 16 new modified traditional structure 'consultant physician-equivalent' MBS items for SHM services.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2013
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: Australia
MeSH Terms
  • Humans
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Alcoholism
Contact
Organisation Name: Medical Services Advisory Committee
Contact Address: MSAC (MDP 107), GPO Box 9848, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Tel: +61 2 6289 6811; Fax: +61 2 6289 8799.
Contact Name: msac.secretariat@health.gov.au
Contact Email: msac.secretariat@health.gov.au
Copyright: Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)
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