Rural practices who applied for the Rural ACC contract should have received a signed agreement from ACC confirming your contract number and effective start date (1 July 2024). If your practice provides out of hours services, remember to reply to Isaac Sharman to activate the ‘After Hours Codes’ which are paid at a higher rate in Table 3. You have to ‘opt in’ to have this table activated.
Please note that any updates to your PMS will need to be handled on your end. You can contact your PMS provider for assistance, or if you are unsure what must be done, you can contact provider.payments@acc.co.nz. Also note that any mention of the "RGP" should in fact be "RGPA". This does not affect service item codes.
Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) was rolled out to 29 rural GP practices across the Pinnacle network in September, with overwhelmingly positive feedback from clinicians.
Read moreNominations have opened for members of the new Rural Health National Clinical Network. Self-nominations and nominations of others are welcome, please submit your nominations by 20 October 2024 using the expression of interest form.
Read moreAs the prevalence of chronic illness continues to increase with our aging population, remote home telehealth monitoring is emerging as a possible means of delivering care.