The AMA has provided comments to the Department of Health and Ageing on the Initial Assessment and Quality Framework Appraisal application forms and guidelines and made a submission to the Department's Medical Benefits Review Task Group regarding the MBS Quality Framework discussion paper released on 29 April 2010.
The submissions outline the concerns about the proposed processes for assessment of services for the MBS, and the administrative processes of the MBS Quality Framework.
The AMA worked closely with the Federal Government to clarify when obstetric services would qualify under the new Medicare Safety Net.
The Federal Government introduced the Medicare Plus safety net in February 2004 with strong support from the AMA.
The 1992 Amendments to the Health Insurance Act restricted access to on-site (near patient testing) pathology, disadvantaged general practitioners and their patients.
AMA Position Statement: Independent Medical Assessments on Behalf of Parties Other Than the Patient - 1998. Revised 2002