Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Oct 2019
Harmonisation of Authority Required (Streamlined) listings across public and private hospital PBS items for the Section 100 - Highly Specialised Drugs program
25 October 2019 - In response to sector feedback and a recommendation by the PBAC, private hospital listings for medicines under the Section 100 Highly Specialised Drugs (HSD) program have been amended to Authority Required (Streamlined) in the instances where the medicine is already listed as Authority Required (Streamlined) for public hospitals.
This means that eligible practitioners in private hospitals are also able to prescribe relevant HSDs using Authority Required (Streamlined) codes. This provides consistency for prescribers regardless of the hospital setting.
Prescriber and patient eligibility criteria, as well as current dispensing arrangements remain unchanged. There is no change to the HSD Program Community Access arrangements or HSDs where the intended authority level is Authority Required (Written) or Authority Required (Telephone).
