29 April Imaging clinics to use an updated form for MRI Prior Approval Requests April 29, 2020 By Danielle Cranefield Department of Veterans Affairs 0 DVA has revised the MRI Prior Approval Request Form that imaging clinics complete when providing certain MRI services for eligible DVA clients. The form has been updated to reduce unnecessary requests for approval and to ensure correct information is submitted to DVA. The aim is to simplify the process for busy imaging clinics, GPs and their DVA patients. Currently, DVA receives a number of prior approval requests that are not necessary for the proposed MRI treatment. This wastes time for busy clinics, so DVA has updated the form with helpful prompts to assist clinics to identify when approval is required or not. Read More Related Articles Conclusion of payments for National Bowel Cancer Screening Forms General practitioners and specialists that have previously received a payment for submitting a Program form to the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program have been sent a letter about the conclusion of information payments in 2020. Current requirements for printing forms suspended due to COVID-19 It’s time to check your diagnostic imaging equipment list Dept of Health: Webinar on cardiac imaging changes 1 August 2020 New and amended PBS listings and FAQs (December 2023) Reforms to Medicare compliance– firmer but fairer? Law reforms introduced from 1 July 2018 have given Medicare stronger debt recovery powers. The legislation also provides for fairer approaches to compliance, by apportioning responsibility for overpayments between both doctors and their employers or contractors, including public hospitals. Minister for Health, Greg Hunt said the legislation aims to deal with the “very, very small number of outliers” who don’t comply, at the same time acknowledging “the outstanding degree of integrity” among the medical workforce when the Act was being reviewed by Parliament. Comments are closed.