PBS update: Recording patient baselines now critical
Services Australia is expanding Online PBS Authorities, requiring doctors to document patient baseline values and previous treatment failures to demonstrate continued eligibility for complex authority required programs.
Access to PBS-subsidised medicines is critical to patient care, which is why Services Australia continues to expand the Online PBS Authorities system. Currently, for written Complex Authority Required programs such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Crohn's Disease, Services Australia collects information about patient history and treatment targets.
As remaining written Complex Authority Required programs move to the online system, you may need to provide previously supplied information in your applications. This includes re-stating baseline values from initial applications to demonstrate ongoing eligibility.
Services Australia recommends you start documenting your patients' baseline values and previous treatment failures in their medical records now, in preparation for these changes.