{"id":21566,"date":"2020-03-16T05:47:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T05:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itt.com.au\/?p=21566"},"modified":"2020-03-16T05:47:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T05:47:49","slug":"changes-to-the-national-cervical-screening-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itt.com.au\/changes-to-the-national-cervical-screening-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to the National Cervical Screening Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Mark December 1st, 2017 in your calendar. From this date, pap smears will be replaced with a new cervical screening test known as \u201cHuman Papillomavirus\u201d or HPV. This will occur in five-yearly increments rather than the existing two-yearly schedule for pap smears. The first HPV test should be done two years after your last pap smear, then to follow the normal five-yearly schedule after this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information of the changes please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So what does this mean for your medical business?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This means as of 1st December 2017 any pap smears conducted mistakenly and sent to pathology will now be chargable (a private invoice will be sent to the patient) as Medicare no longer covers the gap<\/strong>. The HPV test will be covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical Director<\/em> is pleased to provide you with the software changes required that have been outlined below, commencing December 1st 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Cervical Cytology Request window, the following additional test names have been added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the supplied list the following test have been added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Letter Writer template field has been renamed to \u201cCervical Screening\u201d (previously named \u201cPap Smears\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n To assist in the two-year to five-year change in the screening cycle, Medical Director have created:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u201cPap Test Search\u201d has been renamed to \u201cCervical Screening Result\u201d which will now include an option called \u201cLast smear > 5 years ago\u201d to review previous results. \u201cNew Result\u201d options have also been added to the \u201cRecord Cervical Screening Result\u201d window for the purpose of adding manual results to a patients record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Need the Medica Director Update? Contact us<\/a> and we can help with the transition to the new update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to inform your patients of the changes to prevent out-of-pocket expenses for pap smears taken on mistake?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HotDoc is offering to cover the cost of sending targeted SMS messages (up to 1000 credits) to prevent incidental pap-smears after December 1st. This will notify your patients of the changes (females only aged 18-24 or 70-74) using HotDoc Inform. This offer is available to practices not using HotDoc Inform already, upto 1000 credits, only until the 7th December 2017. Please click here<\/a> for more information on how to get access to this service!<\/p>\n \t \t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8],"tags":[4],"yoast_head":"\n