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MSAC on Application 1797 – Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography for identifying advanced fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease

Page last updated 24 March 2025

Date: March 2025

MSAC is consulting on an application received from Health Technology Analysts Pty Limited.

The proposed investigative technology under evaluation in this document is Vibration Controlled Transient Elastography (VCTE™), a non-invasive diagnostic tool that assesses the extent of liver fibrosis.

The RACGP response is broadly supportive of the technology, however, does not currently support the proposed fee for general practitioners, which is less for the same descriptor for specialists.

Read the submission

MSAC on Application 1797 – Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography for identifying advanced fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (PDF)

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