Govt dumps COVID-19 ‘hotspot’ exemption for telehealth
Patients isolating under public health orders will still be able to claim telehealth irrespective of a pre-existing relationship with the GP
Patients in areas of high COVID-19 transmission have lost automatic eligibility for Medicare-funded telehealth, with exemptions to the ‘existing relationship’ rule no longer applying in COVID-19 hotspot areas.
Commonwealth-designated hotspots covered all of NSW between August and October last year, along with the ACT and much of Victoria and Tasmania.
