MSAC - Meeting 24 - 25 November 2016

Medical Services Advisory Committee - Applications Considered

• 1331 - Review of archival tissue for further diagnostic testing
• 1358.1 - Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy - Resubmission
• 1380 - BRCA mutation testing to determine eligibility for olaparib maintenance therapy in patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer - Resubmission
• 1395 - Fluorescence guided resection of high grade (grade IV) glioma that are glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) using Gliolan (aminolevulinic acid)
• 1398.1 - Implantation of a permanent wireless haemodynamic sensor and associated remote analysis of pulmonary artery pressure - Resubmission
• 1399 - Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation administered through the Urgent PC Neuromodulation System
• 1402 - Liver Microwave Tissue Ablation
• 1403 - Lung Microwave Tissue Ablation
• 1405 - MBS Item Number for Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• 1406 - 18F-FDG PET for indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
• 1414 - PD-L1 testing for access to pembrolizumab for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC
• 1428 - Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke