Dose Administration Aid (DAA) Service
Summary of fees for GPs and LMOs (effective 1 November 2012):
Description, item number and LMO fee
| Home Medicines Review2 |
MBS 900 |
$174.55 |
- VAPAC authorisation
- Prescribe six months DAA
|
MBS Consult3 |
|
- VAPAC authorisation
- Refers to community pharmacist for Veteran’s Six Month Review (VSMR)
|
MBS Consult4 |
|
| Assess and review VSMR |
CP42 |
$50.00 |
1 Only GPs registered as Local Medical Officers (LMOs) with Medicare Australia receive the higher fee (115% MBS).
2 Home Medicines Review (also known as a Domiciliary Medication Management Review) can be claimed once in a 12-month period except where there is significant change in the patient’s condition – new diagnosis, discharge from hospital.
HMR is no longer a pre-requisite to commencing the DAA Service. However, DVA recommends strongly that an HMR is conducted within the first six-month cycle where no other HMR has been performed within the preceding 12 months.
3-4 The relevant consultation item from the Medicare Benefits Schedule will need to be claimed.