MBS & Medicare
Medicare Benefits Schedule
For detailed information about MBS items, refer to the MBS Schedule or phone the Medicare Provider Enquiry line 132 150 (local call).
Medicare Australia and MBS Initiatives
- Aged care
- Allied Health Initiative
- Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR)
- Better Start for Children with Disability
- Dentists / Dental Services under Medicare
- General Practice Immunisation Incentive (GPII)
- Helping Children with Autism program
- Indigenous Health
- MBS Primary Care items
- Mental health
- Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program
- Multidisciplinary Case Conference Medicare Items
- Nurse practitioners and midwives
- Practice Incentives Program
- Practice Nurse items
- Telehealth
MBS item templates
MBS Primary Care Items
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples MBS Health Assessment Resource Kit
- Follow-up allied health services for people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent
Health Assessments
Medicare Health Assessments Resource Kit, for info on items 701, 703, 705, 707, 715 and 10986:
- Healthy Kids Check
- Health assessment for people aged 45 to 49 years who are at risk of developing chronic disease
- Health assessment for people aged 40 to 49 years with a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes
- Health assessment for people aged 75 years and older
- Comprehensive medical assessment for residents of residential aged care facilities
- Health assessment for people with an intellectual disability
- Health assessment for refugees and other humanitarian entrants
Diabetes
Chronic disease management
- Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Medicare Items (GP Management Plans, Team Care Arrangements)
- Quick reference guide - Chronic Disease Allied Health (Individual) Services under Medicare
Medication management
Mental health
- Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners
- Non-Directive Pregnancy Support Counselling
Practice nurse items
Last updated: January 2012