MBS items for initial specialist consults conducted via video face the axe
But it wants the Federal Government to reverse its block on MBS funding for ongoing specialist telephone consults.
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Specialists will be prevented from claiming MBS items for initial consults via video under a crackdown suggested by the MBS Review Advisory Committee.
The committee has been tasked with examining the impact — both good and bad — of the various telehealth MBS items following their rollout during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.