Dozens of specialist telehealth items cut from MBS
The move means many patients will miss out on timely healthcare, the AMA warns
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Specialist physicians have lost access to dozens of Medicare telehealth items despite last-minute appeals to retain them amid the ongoing threat from COVID-19.
As of 1 July, a total of 33 out-of-hospital attendance and 40 hospital inpatient attendance items have been scrapped from the MBS.