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Hambleton to take AMA reins

AMA vice-president Dr Steve Hambleton is set to take the association’s top job at its federal conference at the end of the month as the only candidate for the presidency at the close of nominations this morning. Dr Hambleton will take the reins from outgoing president Dr Andrew Pesce, who wished him well for the next two years. “I think Steve will be an excellent president,” Dr Pesce said. “That continuity will be important in continuing the work the AMA has done to engage with government and the medical profession. “I think it is probably ...

Intrapartum death seven times higher in home births

THE risk of intrapartum death occurring in a home delivery is seven times greater than the risk associated with a planned hospital delivery, according to Australian data published in the latest MJA . The study, which is likely to reignite debate on the practice of home birthing, also found the risk of death from intrapartum asphyxia was 27-fold higher for home births when compared with planned hospital births. Researchers analysed perinatal data from 300,000 births in South Australia between 1991-2006, including all births and perinatal deaths. Planned home births accounted for only 0.38% of births over ...

Nurse-pharmacist plan to charge $32 consults

Nurse-pharmacist plan to charge $32 consults

NURSE practitioners and pharmacists will join forces in a deal that will see nurse practitioners provide clinical consultations on pharmacy premises at the same price-point as a Level B consult. The announcement has alarmed doctors’ groups, who believe the move will further sideline GPs and fragment care. The Revive Clinic, which operates three privately billing nurse practitioner clinics, last week revealed a partnership with the Pharmacy Alliance Group, which allows alliance members to re-brand as a Healthetc pharmacy with a Revive Clinic on the premises. It comes as debate intensifies over draft legislation to grant nurse ...

A blueprint for a health revolution

Dr Christine Bennett Chair, National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission HEALTH is one of the most important issues to the Australian people, and it is an area in which we rightly expect strong leadership from governments. While the Australian health system has served us well and has many strengths, it is a system under growing pressure, particularly as the health needs of our population change. We face significant challenges, including large increases in demand for and expenditure on healthcare; unacceptable inequities in health outcomes and access to services; growing concerns about safety ...

Doctors will shape nurse prescribing law

DOCTORS will have a direct role in influencing regulations that will underpin the “risky” legislation to grant nurse practitioners and midwives access to the MBS and PBS by the end of 2010. Speaking at a National Press Club address in Canberra last week, AMA president Dr Andrew Pesce said the association had been invited by the Prime Minister’s office to advise on implementation of the controversial measures. Despite welcoming the involvement, Dr Pesce reiterated past criticisms of the legislation – which is now before Parliament – saying it was not the answer to ongoing health workforce shortages. ...

AMA: no policy on health funding

WITH a new round of debate set to be triggered by the delivery of key health reform advisory reports to the Federal Government this week, the AMA is yet to finalise its position on the possibility of a single health funding model. AMA president Dr Andrew Pesce said that, while the association had reached a general consensus that meaningful change was needed in the way health was funded in Australia, there remained a range of views on how to address the issue and its policy remained under development. The comments from Dr Pesce after last week’s ...

GPs ready for fight over audit transparency

DESPITE losing their battle to protect patient records from the eyes of government officials, doctors have vowed to continue their push for a transparent system of Medicare compliance audits. The promise from new AMA president Dr Andrew Pesce follows the completion of a Senate inquiry into Medicare’s increased compliance auditing activities. The inquiry recommended that the legislation to grant officials the authority to access patient records be passed. Former Human Services Minister Senator Joe Ludwig recently told doctors at the AMA’s national conference the controversial new powers were needed to close a “loophole” that allowed doctors to ...

New AMA chief pushes for simpler Medicare audits

THE AMA’s new leader has used his first meeting with the Federal Government to push for clearer explanations of the ramped-up Medicare auditing process. In meetings with Health Minister Nicola Roxon and Human Services Minister Senator Joe Ludwig, newly elected AMA president Dr Andrew Pesce has called on the Government to provide doctors facing Medicare audits with advance information about what documentation they would need to produce. Dr Pesce told MO he was aiming for a system that would expedite audits and allow honest doctors to better explain their billing practices. With a Senate ...

New AMA president Pesce plans to 'resolve differences'

SYDNEY-based obstetrician Dr Andrew Pesce has become the 21st president of the AMA after emerging victorious from yesterday’s ballot held at the association’s annual conference in Melbourne. Dr Pesce outpolled outgoing AMA vice president Gary Speck and rural NSW GP Dr Aniello Iannuzzi to replace Dr Rosanna Capolingua after her two year stint at the helm. In taking office the new president said the association needed take a fresh approach to presenting its concerns over the design an implementation of the federal government’s looming health reforms. “We need to figure out a way how we ...

Rural GP enters race for AMA presidency

GENERAL Practice could maintain its dominance of the AMA leadership with the emergence of a third contender ahead of this month’s presidential election. Dr Aniello Iannuzzi, a rural GP from Coonabarabran, NSW, has entered the race, citing concerns over the impact of looming primary care reform on general practice. With incumbent president and GP Dr Rosanna Capolingua refusing to announce whether or not she will contest the election, Dr Iannuzzi is so far the only GP running in opposition to orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Speck and obstetrician Dr Andrew Pesce. If Dr Iannuzzi were to ...