MBS task force reveals plans to curb Vitamin D testing
Draft proposal will limit Medicare-funded tests to those at risk of bone disease
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The MBS Review Taskforce wants to restrict access to Medicare-funded 25-hydroxyvitamin D tests, warning they are popular among patients as a screening tool despite a lack of clinical benefit.
Medicare is subsidising three million vitamin D tests each year at a cost of about $90 million.