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2. Australian private practice metropolitan telepsychiatry during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of Quarter-2, 2020 usage of new MBS-telehealth item psychiatrist services.
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Looi JC, Allison S, Bastiampillai T, Pring W, and Reay R
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- Australia epidemiology, COVID-19 epidemiology, Facilities and Services Utilization organization & administration, Health Services Accessibility organization & administration, Humans, Mental Health Services organization & administration, National Health Programs, Pandemics, Practice Patterns, Physicians' organization & administration, Private Practice organization & administration, Psychiatry methods, Psychiatry organization & administration, Telemedicine methods, Telemedicine organization & administration, Telephone, Videoconferencing, COVID-19 prevention & control, Facilities and Services Utilization trends, Mental Health Services trends, Practice Patterns, Physicians' trends, Private Practice trends, Psychiatry trends, Telemedicine trends
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Objective: The Australian Commonwealth Government introduced new psychiatrist Medicare-Benefits-Schedule (MBS)-telehealth items in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to assist with previously office-based psychiatric practice. We investigate private psychiatrists' uptake of (1) video- and telephone-telehealth consultations for Quarter-2 (April-June) of 2020 and (2) total telehealth and face-to-face consultations in Quarter-2, 2020 in comparison to Quarter-2, 2019 for Australia., Methods: MBS item service data were extracted for COVID-19-psychiatrist-video- and telephone-telehealth item numbers and compared with a baseline of the Quarter-2, 2019 (April-June 2019) of face-to-face consultations for the whole of Australia., Results: Combined telehealth and face-to-face psychiatry consultations rose during the first wave of the pandemic in Quarter-2, 2020 by 14% compared to Quarter-2, 2019 and telehealth was approximately half of this total. Face-to-face consultations in 2020 comprised only 56% of the comparative Quarter-2, 2019 consultations. Most telehealth provision was by telephone for short consultations of ⩽15-30 min. Video consultations comprised 38% of the total telehealth provision (for new patient assessments and longer consultations)., Conclusions: There has been a flexible, rapid response to patient demand by private psychiatrists using the new COVID-19-MBS-telehealth items for Quarter-2, 2020, and in the context of decreased face-to-face consultations, ongoing telehealth is essential.
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- 2021
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3. Increased Australian outpatient private practice psychiatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic: usage of new MBS-telehealth item and face-to-face psychiatrist office-based services in Quarter 3, 2020.
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Looi JC, Allison S, Bastiampillai T, Pring W, Reay R, and Kisely SR
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- Ambulatory Care methods, Ambulatory Care organization & administration, Ambulatory Care trends, Australia, COVID-19 epidemiology, Facilities and Services Utilization trends, Health Services Accessibility organization & administration, Health Services Accessibility trends, Humans, Mental Health Services organization & administration, National Health Programs, Pandemics, Practice Patterns, Physicians' organization & administration, Private Practice organization & administration, Psychiatry organization & administration, Telemedicine methods, Telemedicine organization & administration, Telephone trends, Videoconferencing trends, COVID-19 prevention & control, Mental Disorders therapy, Mental Health Services trends, Practice Patterns, Physicians' trends, Private Practice trends, Psychiatry trends, Telemedicine trends
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Objective: The Australian federal government introduced new COVID-19 psychiatrist Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) telehealth items to assist with providing private specialist care. We investigate private psychiatrists' uptake of video and telephone telehealth, as well as total (telehealth and face-to-face) consultations for Quarter 3 (July-September), 2020. We compare these to the same quarter in 2019., Method: MBS-item service data were extracted for COVID-19-psychiatrist video and telephone telehealth item numbers and compared with Quarter 3 (July-September), 2019, of face-to-face consultations for the whole of Australia., Results: The number of psychiatry consultations (telehealth and face-to-face) rose during the first wave of the pandemic in Quarter 3, 2020, by 14% compared to Quarter 3, 2019, with telehealth 43% of this total. Face-to-face consultations in Quarter 3, 2020 were only 64% of the comparative number of Quarter 3, 2019 consultations. Most telehealth involved short telephone consultations of ⩽15-30 min. Video consultations comprised 42% of total telehealth provision: these were for new patient assessments and longer consultations. These figures represent increased face-to-face consultation compared to Quarter 2, 2020, with substantial maintenance of telehealth consultations., Conclusions: Private psychiatrists continued using the new COVID-19 MBS telehealth items for Quarter 3, 2020 to increase the number of patient care contacts in the context of decreased face-to-face consultations compared to 2019, but increased face-to-face consultations compared to Quarter 2, 2020.
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- 2021
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4. Private practice metropolitan telepsychiatry in larger Australian states during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of the first 2 months of new MBS telehealth item psychiatrist services.
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Looi JC, Allison S, Bastiampillai T, and Pring W
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- Adult, Australia epidemiology, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, Communicable Disease Control methods, Female, Humans, Insurance Claim Review, Male, Organizational Innovation, SARS-CoV-2, Urban Health Services organization & administration, Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections psychology, Mental Health Services organization & administration, Mental Health Services statistics & numerical data, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral psychology, Private Practice organization & administration, Private Practice statistics & numerical data, Remote Consultation methods, Telemedicine methods, Videoconferencing
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Objective: Private practice psychiatry in Australia was largely office-based until the Commonwealth Government introduced new psychiatrist Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) telehealth items in response to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigate the uptake of (1) video and telephone telehealth consultations in April-May 2020, and (2) the overall changing rates of consultation, i.e. total telehealth and in-person consultations across the larger states of Australia., Method: MBS item service data were extracted for COVID-19 psychiatrist video- and telephone-telehealth item numbers and compared with a baseline of the 2018-2019-financial-year monthly average of in-person consultations for New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia., Results: Total psychiatry consultations (telehealth and in-person) rose during the first wave of the pandemic by 10%-20% compared to the previous year. The majority of private practice was conducted by telehealth in April but was lower in May as new COVID-19 case rates fell. Most telehealth provision was by telephone for short consultations of ⩽15-30 min. Video consultations increased from April into May., Conclusions: For large states, there has been a rapid adoption of the MBS telehealth psychiatrist items, followed by a trend back to face-to-face as COVID-19 new case rates reduced. There was an overall increased consultation rate (in-person plus telehealth) for April-May 2020.
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- 2020
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5. Private practice metropolitan telepsychiatry in smaller Australian jurisdictions during the COVID-19 pandemic: preliminary analysis of the introduction of new Medicare Benefits Schedule items.
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Looi JC, Allison S, Bastiampillai T, and Pring W
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- Adult, Australia epidemiology, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, Communicable Disease Control methods, Female, Humans, Insurance Claim Review, Male, Organizational Innovation, SARS-CoV-2, Telemedicine methods, Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections psychology, Mental Health Services organization & administration, Mental Health Services trends, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral psychology, Practice Patterns, Physicians' organization & administration, Practice Patterns, Physicians' trends, Private Practice organization & administration, Private Practice trends, Remote Consultation methods, Videoconferencing
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Objective: To analyse the smaller Australian state/territory service impact of the introduction of new COVID-19 psychiatrist video and telephone telehealth Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items., Method: MBS item service data were extracted for COVID-19 psychiatrist video and telephone telehealth item numbers corresponding to the pre-existing in-person consultations for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Northern Territory (NT), South Australia (SA) and Tasmania., Results: The overall rate of consultations (face-to-face and telehealth) increased during March and April 2020, compared to the monthly face-to-face consultation average, excepting Tasmania. Compared to an annual monthly average of in-person consultations for July 2018-June 2019, total telepsychiatry consultations were higher for April than May. For total video and telephone telehealth consultations combined, video consultations were lower in April and higher in May. As a percentage of combined telehealth and in-person consultations, telehealth was greater for April and lower for May compared to the monthly face-to-face consultation average., Conclusions: In the smaller states/territories, the private practice workforce rapidly adopted COVID-19 MBS telehealth items, with the majority of psychiatric consultation shifting to telehealth initially, and then returning to face-to-face. With a second wave of COVID-19 in Australia, telehealth is likely to remain a vital part of the national mental health strategy.
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- 2020
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6. Comparison of the out-of-pocket costs of Medicare-funded telepsychiatry and face-to-face consultations: A descriptive study.
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Woon, Luke S-C, Allison, Stephen, Bastiampillai, Tarun, Kisely, Steve, Maguire, Paul, Pring, William, Reay, Rebecca, and Looi, Jeffrey CL
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TELEPSYCHIATRY ,MENTAL health services ,MEDICARE reimbursement ,MEDICAL care costs ,COST analysis - Abstract
Objective: Telepsychiatry items in the Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) were expanded following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, their out-of-pocket costs have not been examined. We describe and compare patient out-of-pocket payments for face-to-face and telepsychiatry (videoconferencing and telephone) MBS items for outpatient psychiatric services to understand the differential out-of-pocket cost burden for patients across these modalities. Methods: out-of-pocket cost information was obtained from the Medical Costs Finder website, which extracted data from Services Australia's Medicare claims data in 2021–2022. Cost information for corresponding face-to-face, video, and telephone MBS items for outpatient psychiatric services was compared, including (1) Median specialist fees; (2) Median out-of-pocket payments; (3) Medicare reimbursement amounts; and (4) Proportions of patients subject to out-of-pocket fees. Results: Medicare reimbursements are identical for all comparable face-to-face and telepsychiatry items. Specialist fees for comparable items varied across face-to-face to telehealth options, with resulting differences in out-of-pocket costs. For video items, higher proportions of patients were not bulk-billed, with greater out-of-pocket costs than face-to-face items. However, the opposite was true for telephone items compared with face-to-face items. Conclusions: Initial cost analyses of MBS telepsychiatry items indicate that telephone consultations incur the lowest out-of-pocket costs, followed by face-to-face and video consultations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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7. Lessons from billed telepsychiatry in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: rapid adaptation to increase specialist psychiatric care.
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Looi, Jeffrey CL, Bastiampillai, Tarun, Pring, William, Reay, Rebecca E., Kisely, Stephen R., and Allison, Stephen
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COVID-19 pandemic ,TELEPSYCHIATRY ,MENTAL health services ,MEDICAL consultation - Abstract
Objective: To summarise and comment upon research regarding the service delivery impact of the introduction of COVID-19 pandemic Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) psychiatrist telehealth services in Australia in 2020-2021. Type of program or service: Privately-billed, MBS-reimbursed, face-to-face and telehealth consultations with a specialist psychiatrist during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This paper draws on analyses of previously published papers. MBS-item-consultation data were extracted for video, telephone and face-toface consultations with a psychiatrist for April-September 2020 in Victoria, and compared to face-to-face consultations in the same period of 2019 and for all of Australia. We also extracted MBS-item-consultation data for all of Australia from April 2020-April 2021, and compared this to face-to-face consultations for April 2018-April 2019. Results: Although face-to-face consultations with psychiatrists waned following nationwide lockdowns, the introduction of MBS billing items for video and telephone telehealth meant that overall consultations were 13% higher in April 2020-April 2021, compared to the pre-pandemic year prior. A lockdown restricted to Victoria was associated with a 19% increase in consultations from April-September 2020, compared to the corresponding period in 2019. Lessons learnt: Telehealth has been an integral component of Australia's relatively successful mental health response to COVID-19. The public availability of MBS data makes it possible to accurately assess change in psychiatric practice. The Australian Federal Government subsidises MBS telepsychiatry care by a patient rebate per consultation, illustrating that government-subsidised services can rapidly provide additional care. Rapid and substantial provision of telepsychiatry in Australia indicates that it may be a useful substitute or adjunct to face-to-face care during future pandemics and natural disasters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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8. Comparison of inpatients who were readmitted within 28 days of discharge with those not readmitted: an audit at an Australian private psychiatric hospital.
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Hope, Judith, Keks, Nicholas A, Pring, William, Adamopoulos, Voula, Toffler, David, Macfarlane, Stephen, and Van Sebille, Debbie
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PSYCHIATRIC hospitals ,MENTAL health services ,PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis ,DIAGNOSIS ,GENDER - Abstract
Objective: To compare inpatients who had been readmitted within 28 days of discharge with patients not readmitted within the same period in a private psychiatric hospital. Method: Of 118 readmissions within 28 days in 2017 (7% of admissions), 50 were randomly selected and matched by age and gender with control patients who had not been readmitted within 28 days. Differences in demographics, diagnosis, length of stay and number of admissions in the previous 12 months were examined. Results: Readmitted cases were 64% female, were aged 49.8 ± 18.2 years (range 19–89), 40% were in relationships and 24% were receiving disability support. Most patients were suffering an episode of depression. Cases had higher rates of multiple psychiatric diagnoses (p <.001) and physical disorders (p <.05). There were no significant differences between cases and controls on psychiatric diagnoses. Cases had a longer length of stay in their previous admission (p <.01) and a higher number of admissions in the preceding 12 months (p <.05) compared to controls. Conclusion: This study indicates that inpatients readmitted within 28 days of discharge were more likely to have multiple diagnoses, physical co-morbidity and relapsing conditions than patients who were not readmitted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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9. Characteristics, diagnoses and risk profiles of inpatients readmitted within 28 days of discharge to an Australian private psychiatric hospital.
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Keks, Nicholas A, Hope, Judith, Adamopoulos, Voula, Pring, William, Tofler, David, Macfarlane, Stephen, and Van Sebille, Debbie
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PSYCHIATRIC hospitals ,MENTAL health services ,MENTAL depression ,LENGTH of stay in hospitals ,HOSPITAL statistics ,PSYCHIATRIC hospital statistics ,SUBSTANCE abuse ,PSYCHOSES ,TIME ,PATIENT readmissions ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,DISEASE relapse ,SEVERITY of illness index ,DISCHARGE planning - Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to perform a clinical and risk audit of private hospital inpatients who had been readmitted within 28 days of a preceding admission.Method: Of 118 readmissions within 28 days in 2017 (7% of all admissions), 50 were randomly selected for audit. Characteristics, illness severity and clinical risk profiles were ascertained at discharge from the index admission and at readmission.Results: Cases were 64% female, age 49.9 ± 18.2 years (range 19-89), 40% in relationships and 24% on disability support. At readmission, 88% posed danger to self due to effects of illness, 46% had high suicide risk and 40% had high physical risk. Illness was rated as severe in 58%, while 40% were rated markedly ill. Relapse or exacerbation of major depression was a cause of readmission in 78%, relapse of alcohol/substance use requiring readmission in 22% and relapse of psychosis in 20%. Index admission length of stay of cases did not differ from that of all hospital admissions.Conclusion: Most readmitted patients were suffering severe exacerbation of depression, were acutely suicidal and were otherwise at high risk of harm. If these patients had been denied readmission on the basis of insurer funding disincentives, catastrophic outcomes may well have occurred. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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10. The productivity commission report on mental health: Recommendations with negative consequences for clinical care in public and private sectors.
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Looi, Jeffrey CL, Kisely, Stephen R, Allison, Stephen, Bastiampillai, Tarun, and Pring, William
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HEALTH policy ,LABOR productivity ,PRIVATE sector ,MEDICAL care ,PATIENTS ,MEDICAL care costs ,PATIENT-centered care ,GOVERNMENT agencies ,PUBLIC sector ,MEDICAL referrals ,MENTAL health services ,MEDICARE ,PSYCHIATRIC hospitals - Published
- 2021
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11. Characteristics, diagnoses, illness course and risk profiles of inpatients admitted for at least 21 days to an Australian private psychiatric hospital.
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Keks, Nicholas A., Hope, Judy, Pring, William, Damodaran, Saji, Varma, Shashjit, and Adamopoulos, Voula
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MENTAL illness treatment ,PSYCHIATRIC epidemiology ,HOSPITAL statistics ,PSYCHIATRIC hospital statistics ,AUDITING ,HOSPITAL care ,LENGTH of stay in hospitals ,MENTAL illness ,RELATIVE medical risk ,SEVERITY of illness index - Abstract
Objectives:: To perform a clinical and risk audit of private hospital inpatients staying in hospital at least 21 days.Methods:: Of 492 admissions for ≥21 days in 2016, 40 were randomly selected for audit. Characteristics, illness severity and course using the Clinical Global Impression severity (CGI-S) subscale and improvement (CGI-I) subscale, and clinical risk profiles were ascertained at admission, day 15 and discharge by two psychiatrists.Results:: The cases were 65% female, age 50.0±16.2 years (range 24-86), 43% in relationships, and 28% on disability support. The length of stay was 29±7 days. On admission 88% were severely or markedly ill on the CGI-S subscale. Thirty-nine of 40 cases had ≥3 psychiatric diagnoses: 93% depression, 48% bipolar, 15% schizophrenia. High risk was present in suicide risk (48%), illness-induced dysfunction risk (78%) and physical risk (28%). By day 15, 63% were not improved or marginally worse. Suicide ratings were unimproved. By the time of discharge, illness severity and risk ratings were significantly reduced.Conclusion:: Private hospital inpatients staying ≥21 days were predominantly female and had severe, diagnostically complex illnesses and high risk ratings. Most were still seriously unwell after 15 days. Patients improved significantly by the time of discharge (though were by no means recovered), indicating that the duration of hospitalisation was appropriate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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12. Leviathans reprised: Adult Mental Health Centres.
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Looi, Jeffrey C. L., Kisely, Stephen R., Allison, Stephen, Bastiampillai, Tarun, and Pring, William
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BUDGET ,CONTINUUM of care ,DEBATE ,ENDOWMENTS ,FEDERAL government ,HEALTH attitudes ,HEALTH services administration ,MEDICAL care ,MENTAL health services ,PRIMARY health care ,PSYCHIATRIC hospitals ,GOVERNMENT aid - Abstract
The article raises concerns and offer alternatives to Adult Mental Health Centres (AMHCs) situated within primary healthcare networks (PHNs). Topics include that AMHCs are run by non-governmental organisations (NGOs); that consultation process of AMHCs do not need the needs of patients with complex mental health problems.
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- 2021
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13. Private metropolitan telepsychiatry in Australia during Covid-19: current practice and future developments.
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Looi, Jeffrey CL and Pring, William
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COVID-19 , *TELEPSYCHIATRY , *COVID-19 pandemic , *MENTAL health services - Abstract
Objective: This paper discusses issues arising from the rapid implementation of metropolitan telepsychiatry in private practice during the Covid-19 public health emergency.Conclusions: The relatively rapid uptake of private practice metropolitan telepsychiatry may further increase flexibility of the options for appointments through ongoing broad telepsychiatry access after the Covid-19 crisis. Telepsychiatry can be used to facilitate the temporary provision of psychiatric care, and has benefits and risks, but is not a longer-term replacement for the interpersonal richness of face-to-face consultations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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