December MBS Quick Guide
AusDoc’s December MBS Quick Guide for GPs is now available, incorporating changes in effect since November, including new items for consults lasting over an hour and…
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Telehealth and COVID-19 Quick Guide for December
AusDoc’s December telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items Quick Guide is now available, including the big changes implemented in November. These include new item numbers for telehealth…
Only half of doctors understand Medicare item requirements: MDO survey
Barely half of doctors understand Medicare item requirements or know where to find information on billing, suggests a medical defence organisaton survey. In a survey…
Axe rebates for non-GP specialists who charge double the schedule fee: union
Doctors who charge double the Medicare schedule fee should lose access to rebates for those consultations, the Health Services Union says. The union has taken…
Is the ‘biggest ever’ bulk-billing boost the game changer Mark Butler desires?
Today marks the biggest financial injection into GP bulk-billing in Medicare’s history, according to Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler. Whether this translates…
Updated November telehealth and COVID-19 Quick Guide
AusDoc’s telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items Quick Guide has been updated to incorporate November’s big changes. These include new item numbers for telehealth consults lasting…
November MBS Quick Guide — new long consult items, bulk-billing incentives and further rebate indexation
AusDoc’s November MBS Quick Guide for GPs is now available, incorporating changes announced at the latest federal budget, including new items for consults lasting over an…
The new $191 level E consult is ‘no quick fix’ for complex care, says top GP
The RACGP and AMA finally won their battle for a level E consultation item on Medicare this year after many years of fighting. Alongside higher…
November’s MBS changes are meant to be big, big news: What they mean for you
Increased bulk-billing incentives, a new higher rebate for 60 minute plus consultations, along with new items for phone calls and aged care are coming into…
MBS items for initial specialist consults conducted via video face the axe
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…
