MSAC meeting dates and agenda
Advice from MSAC to the Minister for Health and Ageing is confidential until the Minister agrees for the advice (including the date on which she noted the advice), the MSAC Public Summary Document that explains the rationale for the advice, and the printed Assessment Report and any subsequent errata, to be published on the MSAC website (with hard copies available upon request).
2012
Meeting number 57: 29-30 November
Preceding ESC meeting 11-12 October (Mandatory)
Assessment items being considered at this meeting:
Meeting number 56: 2-3 August
Preceding ESC meeting 14-15 June (Mandatory)
Assessment items being considered at this meeting:
Meeting number 55: 29-30 March
Preceding ESC meeting 9-10 February (Mandatory)
Assessment items being considered at this meeting:
1156 - The diagnostic use of Thyrotropin alpha-rch for patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer
1178r - Review of Medicarefunded ophthalmology services (Stage 1)
1177r - Review of Pulmonary Artery Catheterisation
1299 - Proposed amendment transperineal ultrasound prostate biopsy (MBS Item 37219)
1300 - Removal of gynaecomastia from liposuction component in Barraquer-Simon’s Syndrome (MBS Item 45585)
Ultrasound guided Anaesthesia. Use of item 55054 and the proposed departmental amendments.
2011
Meeting number 54: 29-30 November
Preceding ESC meeting 12-13 October (Mandatory)
Assessment items being considered at this meeting:
- 1054.1 - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of non-healing, refractory wounds in non-diabetic patients and refractory soft tissue radiation injuries (Review of 1054: Interim funded)
1139 - Measurement and determination of Procalcitonin (PCT)
1145 – Artificial intervertebral disc replacement in patients with cervical degenerative disc disease (decision deferred from 52nd meeting pending further information)
1153 - Genetic Testing for Hereditary Mutation of the VHL Gene
1176r - Assessment of Application for Joint Injection Items (decision deferred from 52nd meeting pending further information)
1179r - Review of Colonoscopy items
1180r – Review of items for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity
1253r – Review of MBS Opthalmology Items 109 and 42740
Meeting number 53: 27 July - Sydney
Preceding ESC meeting 16 June (Mandatory)
Assessment items being considered at this meeting:
- 1146 - Capsule Endoscopy for the Diagnosis of Suspected Small Bowel Crohn Disease
1129 - Second Generation Contrast Agents for Use in Patients with Suboptimal Echocardiograms
Meeting number 52: 27 April - Canberra
Preceding ESC meeting 17 and 24 March (Mandatory)
Assessment items considered at this meeting:
- Reference 27.1 - Review of the interim funded service: Vertebroplasty and new review of Kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral fractures
1090.1 – Review of the interim funded service: Artificial Intervertebral Disc Replacement - Lumbar
1145 – Artificial Intervertebral Disc Replacement - Cervical
MBS Quality Framework – Assessment of Application for Joint Injection Items
2010
Meeting number 51: 2-3 December
Assessment items considered at this meeting:
- Reference 41 - Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Testing and Access to PBS listed Gefitinib
Reference 44 - K-RAS Mutation Testing for Cetuximab (Erbitux)
1089.1 – Review of Interim Funded Service: Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
1143 – Radiofrequency Ablation in Barrett’s Oesophagus with Dysplasia
1140 – Matrix Induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation and Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
Meeting number 50: 17 September
No assessment were considered at the 50th meeting
Meeting number 49: 29-30 July
Assessment items considered at this meeting:
- 1131 - Assessment of Liver Iron by R2-MRI data analysis
1137 - Middle ear implant for sensorineural, conductive and mixed hearing losses
Meeting number 48: 29-30 March
Assessment items considered at this meeting:
- Reference 35di - Positron emission tomography for Glioma
Reference 35dii - Positron emission tomography for Sarcoma
Reference 35e - Positron emission tomography for Cervical cancer
Reference 35f- Positron emission tomography for Myocardial Viability
Reference 36 - National Funded Centre Peritonectomy
1129 - Second-generation contrast agents for use in patients with suboptimal echocardiograms
1130 - Unattended sleep studies in the diagnosis and reassessment of obstructive sleep apnoea
2009
Meeting number 47: 4 December - Canberra
Meeting number 46: 11 September - Melbourne
Meeting number 45: 5 June - Sydney
Meeting number 44: 20 March - Canberra
2008
Meeting number 43: 28 November - Sydney
Meeting number 43: 29 August - Sydney (CANCELLED)
Meeting number 42: 6 June - Melbourne
Meeting number 41: 7 March – Canberra
2007
Meeting number 40: 23 November - Canberra
Meeting number 39: 31 August - Brisbane
Meeting number 38: 25 May - Melbourne
Meeting number 37: 9 March - Canberra
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