Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

Reference 25

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)

Reference No.

25

Application NameMagnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
Advisory PanelProfessor Brendon Kearney
(Chair and MSAC member)
Assoc Professor Richard King
(MSAC member)
Dr Gerry Fitzgerald
(MSAC member)
Professor Robert Gibson
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists nominee)
Dr Tony Speer
(Gastroenterological Society of Australia nominee)
Dr Robert Padbury
(Gastroenterological Society of Australia nominee)
Mr Leo Pomery
(Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee)
Date Received by MSAC SecretariatAugust 2003
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligibile
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterThis assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 2 March 2005 meeting.

MSAC recommended that on the strength of evidence pertaining to the safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, public funding should be supported for this procedure when referred by specialists.

Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 4 July 2005
Stage 5 - ImplementationImplemented