Central Northern Adelaide Health

integrated GP and allied health care for patients with type 2 diabetes in november 2005, medicare introduced new chronic disease management (cDm) guidelines1 recommending the effectiveness of integrated general practitioner and allied health (Ah) care. the Enhanced Primary care (EPc) initiative underpinning the cDm guidelines allowed access for eligible patients to five medicare rebated (medicare Plus) Ah consultations per calendar year. Eligible patients required a medicare approved team care Arrangement (tcA). Type 2 diabetes is a significant chronic disease in Australia. Diabetes Australia estimate that – unless a concerted effort is made on individual and societal levels to decrease risks – by 2010, there will be 1.8 million Australians suffering from diabetes. The estimate