The PPA and the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing wish to advise you of the following updates to the Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR), Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) and Home Medicines Review (HMR) Program Rules. The intention of these updates is to strengthen the Rules and provide clarity to participating Service Providers.

Below is a table ordered by Program, indicating the sections of the Rules that have been updated, along with a summary of each update.

Program	Section	Update Summary
RMMR	6.3 Patient Consent	Aligned with updated consent form and clarified consent options
RMMR	6.5 Report	Report to referrer must include patient interview date
RMMR	6.7 Follow-up	Clarified purpose of follow-up services
RMMR	10 Claim Submission	Correct Medicare reference number required
RMMR	11 Audit & Compliance	Clarified digital and hard copy record-keeping options
QUM	8.2 Payment Calculations	Added claim payment information to align with other Program Rules
QUM	9 Audit & Compliance	Clarified digital and hard copy record-keeping options
HMR	5.6 Report	Report to referrer must include patient interview date
HMR	5.8 Follow-up	Clarified purpose of follow-up services
HMR	8 Claim Submission	Correct Medicare reference number required
HMR	10 Audit & Compliance	Clarified digital and hard copy record-keeping options

The updated Program Rules have been published on the relevant Program Webpages of the PPA Website.

Please read over the updated Program Rules to familiarise yourself with these changes.