Chronic disease management – a guide to new changes

With details arriving late in the mail, GPs are quickly having to come up to speed with changes to how they manage and charge patients with chronic diseases.

By Cathy O’Leary

There were high levels of frustration in the corridors of general practice earlier this year, as doctors waited on the details of incoming reforms to chronic disease management which were earmarked to begin from July 1.

The intention to simplify and streamline the processes for CDM was not new – first mooted in the May 2023 Federal budget – but details of the new item...

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