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Publication of Stage 1 PBS process improvements – cost recovery administrative guidelines and forms
24 June 2019 - The Department of Health and Medicines Australia have been working since late 2017 to deliver on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2019
Delayed patient access to innovative medical technologies in South Korea: a lead-time analysis of reimbursement coverage determinations
20 June 2019 - Timely access to innovative medical technologies driven by accelerated patient access pathways can substantially improve the health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2019
Plan for Australians living with pain
17 June 2019 - Australians living with chronic pain would have access to up to 20 Medicare-funded services each year ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2019
PBS process improvements webinar - information forum
31 May 2019 - The Department of Health will be hosting a webinar on 14 June 2019 to provide industry, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2019
Biosimilars no longer reviewed through the CADTH CDR and pCODR processes
23 May 2019 - When CADTH launched a new, streamlined biosimilar review process in February 2018, we committed to evaluating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2019
$32.6 million for breast cancer scans under Medicare
29 March 2019 - The Liberal National Government will invest $32.6 million so breast cancer patients have life-saving scans covered under ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2019
Procedural update on submission of Type I variations to EMA in March, April and May 2019
26 February 2019 - EMA is encouraging marketing authorisation holders intending to submit Brexit-related Type IA and Type IB variations ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2018
Establishing the effectiveness of procedural interventions: the limited role of randomised trials
18 December 2018 - Procedural interventions comprise a large and growing component of medical care. Patients, physicians, health care organisations, and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2018
Proposal to harmonise, streamline and transition the Cancer Drug Implementation Advisory Committee to CADTH
14 December 2018 - Providing customised implementation support to decision-makers at all levels of the health system is a key ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2018
Half of all health fund members to lose cover for hip and knee replacements
6 September 2018 - Half of all health fund members will have to pay higher premiums and switch to top ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2018
Evidence required by heath technology assessment and reimbursement bodies evaluating diagnostic or prognostic algorithms that include omics data
23 August 2018 - Multi-analyte assays with algorithmic analyses use combinations of circulating and clinical markers including omics-based sources for diagnostic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2018
What does knee surgery cost? Few know, and that’s a problem.
21 August 2018 - The price we pay for health care often has little connection to what it actually costs. One ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2018
Too-keen medicos cost patients millions
8 August 2018 - Medical procedures likely to have little clinical benefit are still being performed in Australian hospitals, wasting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2018
Secret pacemaker payments boosting private hospital coffers but costing the health system
3 July 2018 - When Nola Droop suffered a bout of breathlessness in 2016, she had no idea it meant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2018
Value-based healthcare summit looks at a new health paradigm
24 April 2018 - The Medical Technology Association of Australia value-based healthcare summit is bringing together policy makers, patient advocates, ...