Fee loading for bulk billed consultant psychiatrist telehealth attendance - New MBS item 294

This page provides information on a new fee loading for bulk billed consultant psychiatrist telehealth attendance - Item 294

Page last updated: 28 October 2022

From 1 November 2022, new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item 294 will be introduced to apply a 50 per cent fee loading to bulk billed psychiatry attendances delivered by video telehealth to regional and rural patients, care recipients of residential aged care facilities and patients of Aboriginal Medical Services and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services.

Item 294 will replicate the former fee loading item 288, which ceased on 31 December 2021 with the transition to the national permanent telehealth program on 1 January 2022.

Further information is available in the following factsheet:

PDF Version Factsheet for fee loading consultant psychiatrist telehealth item 294 (PDF 250 KB)
Word Version Factsheet for fee loading consultant psychiatrist telehealth item 294 (Word 112 KB)

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