CCSS Program (MS)

Care Coordination & Supplementary Services (CCSS) Program

The Capricornia Division of General Practice, with the support of Central Queensland Rural Division of General Practice has recently secured funding for a Care Coordination and Supplementary Services program

Program Background

The Australian Government’s Indigenous Chronic Disease Package supports Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander people with chronic disease to better access specialists, GP and Allied Health Services.

Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander people who are identified as needing more complex chronic disease management or support to access services can be referred to the Care Coordination and Supplementary Services Program (CCSS).

There are specific Provider and Patient eligibility criteria’s for the program.

As this program is still in an infancy stage of roll out, further information will be disseminated to Providers and consumers shortly as the program commences.

For more information on these activities please contact the Closing the Gap Coordinator.