Practice Support Program

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Rural Health West provides practice support in three dedicated areas for rural general practices:

Employment Contracts and Agreements

Rural Health West, in conjunction with a specialist workplace relations law firm, has developed a series of template employment and independent contractor agreements.

These are available for your practice when employing or contracting:

• Medical Practitioners
• Nursing Staff

Please contact our Practice and Workforce Support Coordinator to discuss your specific requirements. Templates will be tailored to suit individual practices.

Medicare and the Medicare Benefits Schedule

The Rural Health West workforce development team is available  to assist you in understanding and implementing new and existing Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items into your practice.

Downloadable fact sheets and information are available as listed below, or subscribe to the Practice and Workforce Support e-bulletin for regular updates.

•  Practice Incentive Program (PIP)

 
•  Updates in MBS items
    - Practice Nurse Items (PNI)
    - Practice Nurse Incentive Program (PNIP)

•  Telehealth
    - New Telehealth initiatives 
    - The Healthcare Identifiers_HI_Service

•  Templates for Chronic Disease Management and Mental Health Treatment Plans 

Practice Management Business Support Tool

The Practice Management Business Support Tool contains up to date information on the day to day operations of a rural general practice for managers and principals. This is available in hardcopy from Rural Health West, or relevant sections can be emailed as requested.

The Practice Management Business Support Tool provides information on:

•  Business Management
   - Business support services 
   - Services not attracting Medicare benefits

•  Accreditation and Standards for general practice
   - Accreditation and standards 
   - National Hand Hygiene Initiative 
   - World Health Organisation Hand Wash Guide  

•  Medicare Australia
   - Immunisation 
   - General practitioner start-up pack

•  Human Resources
   - Employment contracts and agreements 
   - General practitioner job decription template

•  Workforce
   - Area of Need 
   - District of Workforce Shortage 
   - Section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act (ten year moratorium)
   - Section 19AA of the Health Insurance Act 1973

•  Information Technology

•  Outsourcing

•  Resources and links

Do you have more questions? Email the Practice and Workforce Support Coordinator who will  research the answer and provide a user friendly fact sheet.

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