Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD)

What it does

The Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP ICD) program provides funding for multidisciplinary teams, which may include medical specialists, GPs and allied health professionals, to deliver outreach health services. Services focus on the treatment of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and chronic renal (kidney) disease.

The program reimburses some of the expenses incurred by health professionals providing outreach services. Funds are available for:

• the costs of travel
• meals and accommodation
• facility fees
• administrative support at the outreach location
• lease and transport of equipment
• telephone support
• up-skilling sessions for resident health professionals.

MSOAP-ICD delivers services to people living in Remoteness Area (RA) 2 (Inner Regional) to RA 5 (Very Remote).

The program is delivered through fundholders in each State and the Northern Territory. The fundholders contract with health professionals to deliver MSOAP services.

What it achieves

The MSOAP-ICD program aims to increase access to a range of health services, including expanded primary health care, provided to people in rural and remote Indigenous communities for the treatment and management of chronic disease.

It encourages health professionals to provide outreach services by covering their travel and related expenses.

Want more info?

Call 1800 020 787 (toll free)
OR
Go to www.health.gov.au/msoap
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State and Territory fundholders

New South Wales	NSW Rural Doctors Network; and NSW Health	02 8337 8100 02 9391 9493
NT	NT Department of Health	08 8999 2659
Queensland	General Practice Queensland; and Queensland Health.	07 3105 8300 07 3234 0856
SA	Rural Doctors Workforce Agency	08 8234 8277
Tasmania	Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services.	03 6336 5144
Victoria	Rural Workforce Agency Victoria.	03 9349 7800
WA	Rural Health West	08 6389 4500