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Changes to Medicare/CDM

Discussion in 'Australia' started by Zac, Mar 23, 2013.

  1. Zac

    Zac Active Member


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    Has there been any suggestions yet on what is happening to CDM plans for Podiatry? I had heard very vague "mutterings" that it may be changing in 6 months time.
     
  2. antipodean

    antipodean Active Member

    There are always mutterings but no more than usual, It is no secret that senior advisors and members of the current gov are NHS fetishists and would dealy love fund holding / block funding rather than fee for service models. The Medicare Locals could be the organisational bodies that might operate as block funders in the future. However given the week that was in parliament and precarious nature of minority gov I can't see anything major happening between the may budget and September election.
    Team Care Arrangments or EPCs as they were once known were implemented by Tony Abbott in 2003 after he was installed health minister. There is no chatter about the libs abolishing the scheme they brought in. Whoever wins the next election the budget is so shot that widening access or visits seem unlikely. Health professions representative groups would be wise to focus their efforts persuading political parties on the merits of making the current schemes systems simpler.
     
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