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Chemo@home is Australia’s leading provider of home-based infusion services, administering cancer treatments, and infusions for chronic conditions, to patients safely, where and when it’s convenient. The cost of our service is covered by most health funds with NO out of pocket expenses
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Merry Christmas from the Chemo@home team
We would like to thank all of our referrers and colleagues for your support over the past 12 months. Its been a busy year for chemo@home, with many new referrers, new treatment regimes and a growing team of nurses and pharmacists.
We would also like to remind you we will be working though the Christmas break, apart from the Public Holidays. If you would like to provide your patients with a more convenient treatment alternative over the Christmas period, please let us know. We are happy to take one off referrals to ease the burden for your patients.
The chemo@home team look forward to working with you in 2018.
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Billing
Did you know you can still claim what you normally would for an in hospital infusion when patients are receiving chemo@home? We are a “Hospital Substitution Service” meaning we have the same accreditation as hospitals.
We can also arrange for a video consult at the time of infusion so you can check in with your patient, and bill the same 116 or 110 item codes.
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Health Fund update
Chemo@home have had a lot of success negotiating with health funds to fund/partly fund non PBS subsidised high cost drugs such as bevacizumab. Chemo@home also presented a poster entitled “High Cost Medications in Recurrent Glioblastoma Patients” at COSA in 2016.
Most health funds cover all treatment costs for chemotherapies, targeted therapies, immune therapies and infusions for chronic conditions such as MS and Iron deficiency.
For a full list of participating health funds please check our website.
For patients with no health insurance we charge a flat fee of $370 per infusion, $195 for Iron infusions (plus cost of drug)
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Nurse Profile - Meryill Bradshaw
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Meryill undertook her nursing training at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, registering in 1984. Since then she has gained a wealth of experience and over the last two decades has specifically developed her skills in the cancer services area. In 2013 Meryill completed her Post Grad Certificate in Cancer nursing, and was awarded Dux of the class.
Meryill is not only a skilled and experienced cancer nurse, but a trained and passionate educator. She has completed her Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and undertaken a number of professional development courses to further improve her skills in this area. Meryill is responsible for maintaining the high standards of care within chemo@home by assisting each clinical staff member achieve their professional goals through ongoing education, training and support. She is a Member of the infusion nurses society, the Australian Vascular Access Society, the Royal college of Nursing, and CNSA.
She has a keen interest in ensuring skilled vascular access and timely interventions to protect patients vascular health.
Meryills passion is to promote a high standard holistic approach to patients, carers and their families, and support patient centred care and their choice to make decisions around their ongoing care.
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Don't forget to register under the "Health Professionals" section of our website. It only takes a few minutes and you will then have access to the most up-to-date version of all our documents e.g. referral form, hypersensitivity-anaphylaxis orders, treatment charts and protocols.
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Commendations and Awards
Women’s Weekly – Women in Business, Highly Commended Winner 2016
Business News - Rising Star Start Up Business and People’s Choice Winners 2016
Telstra Business Women’s Award – WA Entrepreneur and Business Woman of the Year 2016
AFR Aspire Awards – Start-up Disruptor Award 2016
AIM WA Business Pinnacle Awards – Emerging Business Excellence and Innovation Excellence 2016
Westpac 200 Business’s of Tomorrow 2017
Finalist West Australian of the Year (Business) 2017
Australian Institute of Management Leadership Excellence Award Owner/Entrepreneur 2017
Australian College Health Services Management – WA Branch Innovation and Excellence Award 2017
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