RACGP submission to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Advisory Committee LARCs

In particular, the RACGP recommends:

Where non-medical practitioners perform these procedures in the primary care setting it must occur within the context of a multidisciplinary team including a medical practitioner to ensure ongoing, coordinated care, ensuring continuity, follow-up, and alignment with the patient’s broader health and fertility goals.

Also, given the invasive nature of LARC procedures, MBS item access should remain limited to qualified practitioners, with any future expansion contingent on clear evidence of equivalent training, competency, and safety. Any practitioner performing these procedures must be held to the same standards of training, credentialling, indemnity and insurance as expected of other medical professionals.

Read the submission

RACGP submission to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Advisory Committee (MRAC) Long-acting reversible contraception (LARCs) working group draft report  (PDF)