11 October 2024 MBS Health Assessment Items Review Consultation Department of Health and Aged Care E: MBSHealthAssessmentReview@health.gov.au RE: MBS Health Assessment Items Review Consultation Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the MBS Health Assessment Items Review Consultation. [...] Supported by our research arm, the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research, and the Australian Centre for Value-Based Health Care, we research, educate, advocate, and collaborate to achieve an outcomes-focused and value-based health care system for healthy Australians. [...] To modernise health assessment items to strengthen care continuity and preventive intervention, AHHA recommends a combination of the three options outlined in the discussion paper. [...] • Effective use of available health workforce by supporting health professionals to work to their full scope of practice - especially where this would improve accessibility for priority populations - while taking any necessary steps to mitigate risks to quality and safety of care. [...] Sustainable • A system that provides fair reimbursement to GPs and other primary care providers, and incentivises evidence-based, person-centred assessments and interventions that reduce burdens on the health system and provide better outcomes.
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- 11 October 2024 1
- MBS Health Assessment Items Review Consultation 1
- Department of Health and Aged Care E MBSHealthAssessmentReviewhealth.gov.au 1
- RE MBS Health Assessment Items Review Consultation 1
- Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the MBS Health Assessment Items Review Consultation. 1
- Our membership represents a diverse cross-section of the system including public and not-for-profit hospitals Primary Health Networks community and primary healthcare services. 1
- 1. A focus on the that health assessment items can provide to people and communities 1
- 2. Making the best use of the to provide health assessments to people 1
- 3. Going beyond of health assessment items. 1
- 4. The mobilisation of in the delivery of and access to health assessment 1
- AHHA supports proposals from across the three options that are 2
- Evidence-based 2
- Removal of components where there is limited or uncertain evidence that routine assessment contributes to better prevention earlier intervention or improved patient outcomes. 2
- A system that proactively identifies gaps in published research and takes steps to strengthen the evidence-base for preventative care and early intervention in primary care. 2
- Value-based 2
- Accessible and equitable 2
- Sustainable 2
- Updates to MBS assessments are supported by wider system reforms to modernise the health system and strengthen primary care. 2
- To discuss any aspect of this response further please contact Angela Wicks Policy Director at awicksahha.asn.au . 3
- You can also visit our website to learn more about our work. 3
- Yours sincerely 3
- Kylie Woolcock Chief Executive Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association AHHA 3
