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Allied health

18 June 2025

New toolkit and My Health Record empowering allied health professionals

Allied health professionals across the EMPHN catchment have access to powerful resources and tools designed to support and enhance their work – the newly launched…
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17 June 2025

New Chronic Conditions Management (CCM) details announced for allied health

MBS Online has recently published the Upcoming Changes to Chronic Disease Management Framework confirming the new framework for chronic condition management from 1 July 2025.…
Allied health

17 June 2025

Preparing for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program

From 1 July, eligible Australians aged 50-70 will be able to participate in the new National Lung Cancer Screening Program and have a low-dose CT…
General practice

10 June 2025

Improving Information Sharing with GPs from Eastern Health – Acute Specialist Clinics (Outpatients) Project Update

EMPHN is pleased to share an exciting update as part of a collaborative initiative with Eastern Health on the ongoing work to strengthen communication between…
General practice

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Primary care

20 May 2024

Free education package launched for residential aged care workers throughout Victoria

In response to the Royal Commission into Aged Quality and Safety, the Department of Health and Aged Care provided PHNs dedicated funding to build capacity…
Aged and palliative care

14 May 2024

Transition from Practice Incentives Aged Care Access Incentive (ACAI) to General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (GPACI)

To better support older people living in aged care to receive quality patient-centred care, the Government is introducing the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive.…
GPACI

14 May 2024

Notice of Discontinuation of the Practice Incentives Aged Care Access Incentive (ACAI)

The Australian Government announced changes to the Practice Incentives Program (PIP) Aged Care Access Incentive (ACAI) in the 2023-24 Federal Budget with funding extended for…
Aged and palliative care

14 May 2024

Update from Services Australia – Hardcopy MyMedicare Patient Registration Forms

Following the commencement of hardcopy MyMedicare patient registration forms, numerous forms have been incorrectly sent to Services Australia, instead of being submitted to the relevant…
MyMedicare

14 May 2024

Current MyMedicare statistics

As of 28th April 2024, 5,867 general practices have signed up for MyMedicare. 45,324 provider numbers have been linked to these practices to enable access…
MyMedicare

13 May 2024

New staff POLAR training and refresher training

We have just moved into a new PIP quarter as of 1 May, now is a great time to think about your next Quality Improvement…
Digital enablement

13 May 2024

Provider Bulletin for COVID-19 vaccination providers 6 May 2024

The Provider Bulletin for COVID-19 vaccination providers 6 May 2024 includes the following: COVID-19 Vaccine Update COVID-19 Program Administration Resources
Primary care

13 May 2024

Accreditation criterion: Indicator C6.2 B

Indicator C6.2 B – If your practice is using a hybrid patient health record system, a note of each consultation/interaction is made in each system, and…
Primary care

13 May 2024

Monkeypox vaccination program update

The Victorian Department of Health has advised that there have been recent cases of new, locally acquired cases of mpox (monkeypox) in Victoria
General practice

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