Sunshine Coast Division of General Practivce Ltd
Promoting and Supporting General Practice
Medicare Resources and Templates
Please note: Templates MUST be saved and then imported to clinical software -
merge fields will be disabled if opened in Microsoft Word.
HEALTHY KIDS CHECK
- Healthy Kids Check - Checklist
- Healthy Kids Check - Fact Sheet
- Healthy Kids Check - Information
- Healthy Kids Check - Information
- Healthy Kids Check - Q&A
- Template - without logo
- Template - with logo
45 YEAR OLD HEALTH CHECK
- 45 year old Health Check - Template
- Adult Health Check Sample form
- Patient Letter - Generic
- Patient Letter - Risk Factor
DISABILITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT
- Disability Health Assessment - Fact Sheet
- Disability Health Assessment - Brochure
- Disability Health Assessment Health Check - Proforma
CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT
- 721 GP Management Plan/723 Team Care Arrangements
- 731 Review of GP Management Plan/731 Review of Team Care Arrangements
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
- GP Management Plan - Template
- Team Care Arrangements - Template
DIABETES MANAGEMENT
- GP Management Plan - Template
- Team Care Arrangement - Template
TYPE 2 DIABETES RISK EVALUATION
PN/AHW ITEM RE PROVISION OF FOLLOW UP SERVICES TO RECIPIENTS OF AN INDIGENOUS HEALTH CHECK
(Item Number 10987)
SCHEDULES & BILLING
- "Transitional Hours" Items 603 & 696
- New MBS After Hours Billing Changes - as from 1 March 2007
- Quick Guide to Medicare Benefits Schedule - urgent afterhours items
- Pay Doctor Via Claimant Cheques
- Medicare Benefits Schedule
- Billing and Claiming
- Practice Incentives Program
- Desktop Guide to MBS Item Numbers
- Incentive Based Item Numbers
- New Item Numbers - effective July 2007
HOME MEDICINES REVIEWS
MBS Item Number 900
A Home Medicines Review is for patients living in the community where the GP assesses a patient's medication management needs and following that assessment refers the patient to a community pharmacist for a review of their medications.
The GP must:
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obtain the patient's consent
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provide relevant clinical information into the revie;
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discuss the results of the review with the pharmacist
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write a medication management plan following discussion with the patient
Criteria for use:
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patient must be living in the community (patients in residential aged care centres receive a RMMR - Item 903)
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requested by the patient's usual GP
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patients who are at risk of medication misadventure as a result of:
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their co-morbidites
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age
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social circumstances
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the characteristics of their medicines
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the complexity of their treatment regimen
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their lack of skills and or knowledge to use medicines to their best effect
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Patients that may be suitable are those:
- currently taking five or more regular medications
- taking >12 doses daily
- significant changes made to their medications in the last three months
- on medications requiring monitoring or with a narrow therapeutic index
- symptoms suggestive of an adverse drug reaction
- sub optimal response to treatment
- suspected non compliance or inability to manage their medicines
- recent discharge from a facility or hospital within the last four weeks
- Dose Administration Aid Flowchart
- HMR Plan Template
- HMR Referral Form
- DMMR Guidelines - Home Medicines Review Guidelines
Click here for a list of Accredited HMR Pharmacists
OTHER USEFUL LINKS
