Our Newsletters are designed to stimulate discussion and debate concerning the delivery of mental health services in the private sector. They do not necessarily represent the views of participating organisations, unlesss otherwise stated.
Attached below are the Progress Reports of the PMHA and its antecedent the Strategic Planning Group for Private Psychiatric Services or SPGPPS as it was more commonly known.
These Guidelines supersede the Guidelines for Determining Benefits for Health Insurance Purposes for Private Patient Hospital Based Mental Health Care (2007 Edition). The 2010 Edition attached below, has been endorsed by the PMHA and was developed by its Collaborative Care Models Working Group. In this Edition, advice is included that is applicable, in some instances, to both the hospital–based and office–based settings.
The Discussion Paper attached below provides an update on the funding of mental health services in the private sector and some of the recent reforms that have had an impact on those services.
The PMHA Quality Improvement Project is directed toward improving outcomes for consumers within the context of the mental health services that are provided by private hospitals and psychiatrists in private practice. The intention is for the$250,00 of funding available to be used to help achieve that goal by making better use of the mechanism of the PMHA and its Centralised Data Management Service (CDMS). QIP contains a suite of four complementary activities to be undertaken within the context of the available funding.
The Mental Health Privacy Coalition (the Coalition), consisted of the Australian Medical Association, the Mental Health Council of Australia, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and the Australian Private Hospitals Association. These organisations combined their skills, knowledge and experience and developed a mental health service provider specific kit to support the therapeutic relationship between a mental health service provider and the patient.