Rural loading on psychiatry telehealth rebates to return
MBS item 288 was scrapped at the end of 2021
The 50% loading on Medicare rebates for telehealth in rural areas will return on 1 November, the Federal Government has announced.
Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler said the decision to reinstate MBS item 288 would help fund 410,000 consultations over four years at a budget cost of $47.7 million.
