Mornington Peninsula Division of General Practice

Diabetes

The aim of our diabetes program at the division is to support GPs and general practice staff to further develop in all areas of their diabetes management, provide early detection of diabetes and prevention of complications.

The program has three main focuses:

1. Chronic Disease Initiative (CDI)

The CDI is funded by the Federal Government and the General Practice Memorandum of Understanding Group. It consists of three components:

·     Patient Register and Recall/Reminder System A one off sign on payment is available to practices of $1.00 per Standardised whole patient equivalent (SWPE) or around $1,000 per FTE GP. Payment is made quarterly.

·      Service Incentive Payment (SIP-Diabetes) A payment of $40 is available to providers, for completion of an annual cycle of care per patient with Diabetes. The care guidelines have been set as minimum requirements.

·      Out comes Component  If your practice has at least 2% of all patients (SWPE) in the practice diagnosed with diabetes(indicated by HbA1c MBS item) and at least 20% of these have completed an annual cycle of care, then the practice will receive a payment of $5 per patient (SWPE) with a HbA1c item number claimed.

2. Education and Practice visits

Our diabetes program officer/ Clinical Nurse Consultant – Diabetes Education is available to visit your practice for discussion, advice and education in any area of diabetes management.

3. Insulin conversion

For many patients with diabetes insulin therapy is inevitable if optimal control is to be maintained. We aim to provide education and support to GPs and practice staff to enable safe conversion and management of patients onto insulin therapy.

RESOURCES (see Resources Page)

• Divisions ‘Diabetes Resource Manual’ – contains local diabetes resources and patient educational material.
• Related Website links
• National Diabetes Strategy 2000 - 2004 (pdf)
• Carla Charlton - Diabetes Program Officer/ Clinical Nurse Consultant Diabetes Education
• Videos available by contacting Carla Charlton for details
• Diabetes Education Referral Form
• Patient Handouts
• Diabetes local service directory
• Insulin conversion flow chart
• Diabetes Group Explanatory Notes (pdf)
• Diabetes Group Fact Sheet for GPs (pdf)
• Diabetes Group Fact Sheet for Allied Health Professionals (pdf)
• Diabetes Group Item Descriptors (pdf)
• Referral form (pdf)

Contact Details:

Program Worker             Carla Charlton & Leisl Jackson

(Last Updated 08 January 2007)