Comprehensive Medical Assessment (CMA)
The following information has been taken from the Medicare website . The Comprehensive Medical Assessment complements other Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for services that medical practitioners (including general practitioners but not including specialists or consultant physicians) can provide to residents, including:
(a) normal consultations; and
(b) EPC items for contribution to a care plan and for case conferencing
PATIENT ELIGIBILITY
This item applies to residents of a Residential Aged Care Facility. It does not apply to in-patients of a hospital. A Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) is a facility in which residential care services are provided, as defined in the Aged Care Act 1997. This includes facilities that were formerly known as nursing homes and hostels. A person is a resident of a RACF if the person has been admitted as a permanent resident of that facility.
A CMA is a voluntary service. The resident's consent to a CMA should be obtained as per normal practice for obtaining consent to medical services.
FREQUENCY
Complete a CMA form for all new residents within six weeks (preferably) of admission to a Residential Aged Care Facility and annually for existing residents. The resident’s carer may be able to provide useful information on matters such as medication usage and compliance, continence and physical, psychological and social function (subject to the resident’s agreement).
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