Funding announced by the Federal Government under the Building a Stronger Medicare package will support PHNs to commission multidisciplinary teams to improve the management of chronic diseases in the primary care setting.
The Osteoarthritis Primary Care program (OPCP) is a multidisciplinary chronic care program for people with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) based within Central Coast Local Health District.
Following a national call for innovative healthcare projects, pilots, and programs, five pioneering initiatives will collectively receive $1.485 million in funding. These projects aim to advance digital health solutions and enhance community access to healthcare services across the Hunter New England and Central Coast regions.
The contractual requirement for Contracted Service Providers to submit an FY2023/2024 ‘audited’ financial statement generally due in October is now changing to be submission of an ‘Unaudited Financial Summary’, which will now be due mid-August.
The HNE Menopause Hub is a new multi-disciplinary specialist team providing Menopause assessment and care for individuals experiencing complex and severe menopause symptoms.
The Professional Certificate in Coordinated Care credentials clinicians in the coordination of care that is person-centred, effective, efficient, research informed, collaborative and innovate.
Data in this week shows that general practice bulk billing, along with MyMedicare participation for practices and Australians are on the rise.
This study aims to codesign physical activity for mental health resources to assist GPs in prescribing physical activity.
Reducing the burden of reporting for commissioned services was a commitment the PHN made after the provider satisfaction survey was completed in 2022. Since then, significant work has occurred to streamline reporting and provide a line of sight to performance measures that the Department of Health and Aged Care use to monitor PHNs’ performance.
As the PHN continues to focus on equitable access there is an opportunity to remind the commissioned Mental Health Services about accessing free translation services to assist clients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background.