Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

Application 1001

Advanced breast biopsy instrumentation (ABBI)

Application No.

1001

Application NameAdvanced breast biopsy instrumentation (ABBI)
Advisory PanelDr David Robinson
(Chair and MSAC member)
Dr Maxwell Coleman
(co-opted member)
Mr John Collins
(Royal Australasian College of Surgeons nominee)
Dr Richard West
(co-opted member)
Date Received by MSAC Secretariat1 June 1997
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterThis application was considered by the MSAC at the 24 February 1999 meeting

The MSAC recommended that additional funding is not warranted at this time and that ABBI should continue to be funded under the existing MBS items.
Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 14 May 1999
Stage 5 - Implementation

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