Private Cancer Physicians of Australia and Rare Cancers Australia call for a Cancer Care Patient Safety Net
Media release: Thursday, March 24, 2022
Canberra: A cancer diagnosis should not force any Australian to live under the poverty line. The nation’s peak body of cancer specialists and the leading patient advocacy group have collaborated over a suite of measures, aimed at better protecting Australia’s most vulnerable patients from financial duress.
At the heart of the ‘Cancer Care, No Gaps’ proposal by the Private Cancer Physicians of Australia and Rare Cancers Australia is a Cancer Care Patient Safety Net which is […]
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Cancer physicians applaud Government’s reversal of Telehealth cuts
Media Release Sunday January 16, 2021
Canberra: Australian cancer patients will still be able to access vital Medicare rebates for phone calls with their specialists – at least for the next six months – after the Australian Government reversed an unexpected decision to axe the Telehealth item.
The nation’s peak body of cancer specialists had been strongly advocating for their patients to continue to access subsidised phone call consultations, especially at a time when the surge in COVID-19 posed a great risk to those Australians with compromised immunity.
https://www.pcpa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/favicon-pcpa.png540540Jerry Liuhttps://www.pcpa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/logo-pcpa-colour-reversed.svgJerry Liu2022-01-17 15:04:302022-02-09 10:40:44At risk cancer patients to continue to access Telehealth rebates
We are very pleased to inform you that after a very short but intense campaign of media and advocacy over Christmas, the PCPA was able to secure a reversal of the sudden cuts to Telehealth phone consults (item number 91835).
The item will be re-instated on Tuesday January 18 and backdated to January 01, 2022. There was a further addition of MBS rebates for specialist phone consults with in-patients. We will share the full list of MBS changes when it is available.
We will continue to advocate for the re-instatement of the 50% MBS […]
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Removing the financial toxicity from the cancer care journey
/in Media Releases /by Jerry LiuPrivate Cancer Physicians of Australia and Rare Cancers Australia call for a Cancer Care Patient Safety Net
Media release: Thursday, March 24, 2022
Canberra: A cancer diagnosis should not force any Australian to live under the poverty line.
The nation’s peak body of cancer specialists and the leading patient advocacy group have collaborated over a suite of measures, aimed at better protecting Australia’s most vulnerable patients from financial duress.
At the heart of the ‘Cancer Care, No Gaps’ proposal by the Private Cancer Physicians of Australia and Rare Cancers Australia is a Cancer Care Patient Safety Net which is […]
At risk cancer patients to continue to access Telehealth rebates
/in Media Releases /by Jerry LiuCancer physicians applaud Government’s reversal of Telehealth cuts
Media Release Sunday January 16, 2021
Canberra: Australian cancer patients will still be able to access vital Medicare rebates for phone calls with their specialists – at least for the next six months – after the Australian Government reversed an unexpected decision to axe the Telehealth item.
The nation’s peak body of cancer specialists had been strongly advocating for their patients to continue to access subsidised phone call consultations, especially at a time when the surge in COVID-19 posed a great risk to those Australians with compromised immunity.
The Telehealth reforms were […]
PCPA secures a reversal of MBS Telehealth cuts to phone consults
/in News /by Jerry LiuDate: 16th January 2021
Dear Members,
We are very pleased to inform you that after a very short but intense campaign of media and advocacy over Christmas, the PCPA was able to secure a reversal of the sudden cuts to Telehealth phone consults (item number 91835).
The item will be re-instated on Tuesday January 18 and backdated to January 01, 2022. There was a further addition of MBS rebates for specialist phone consults with in-patients. We will share the full list of MBS changes when it is available.
We will continue to advocate for the re-instatement of the 50% MBS […]