Connecting Health Services With the Future: MBS Items

From 1 July 2011, Medicare Rebates and Financial Incentives will be available for telehealth under the Connecting Health Services With the Future initiative. This page provides ia list of MBS items being introduced as part of the initiative.

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• Specialist Services
• Patient-end Services

Complete List of Telehealth MBS Items and Descriptors (PDF 42 KB)

Specialist Services

From 1 July 2011, 11 new MBS items will be available for specialist video consultations provided by specialists, consultant physicians and consultant psychiatrists. These new items allow a range of existing MBS attendance items to be provided via video conferencing:

Telehealth MBS Item	MBS Group	Associated Items
99	GROUP A3 – SPECIALIST ATTENDANCES	104, 105
112	GROUP A4 – CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN	110, 116, 119, 132, 133
149	GROUP A28 – GERIATRIC MEDICINE – CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN OR SPECIALIST	141, 143
288	GROUP A8 – CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST ATTENDANCES	291, 293, 296, 300, 302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316, 318, 319, 348, 350, 352
389	GROUP A12 – CONSULTANT OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN ATTENDANCES	385, 386
2820	GROUP A24, SUBGROUP 1 – PAIN MEDICINE ATTENDANCES	2801, 2806, 2814
3015	GROUP A24, SUBGROUP 3 – PALLIATIVE MEDICINE ATTENDANCES	3005, 3010, 3014
6016	GROUP A26 – NEUROSURGERY ATTENDANCES	6007, 6009, 6011, 6013, 6015
13210	GROUP T1 – MISCELLANEOUS THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES SUBGROUP 3 – ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES	13209
16399	GROUP T4 – OBSTETRICS	16401, 16404, 16406, 16500, 16590, 16591
17609	GROUP T6 – ANAESTHESIA	17610, 17615, 17620, 17625, 17640, 17645, 17650, 17655, 17690

Current as at 4 June 2011

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Patient-End Services

From 1 July 2011, 23 new MBS items will be available for patient-end services provided to a patient during their video consultation with a specialist, consultant physician or consultant psychiatrist. These new items are face-to-face consultations and patient-end practitioners are to provide clinical support to the patient during their video conference consultation.

Please note that the Practice Nurse items will be reviewed following the introduction of the Practice Nurse Incentive Program which commences in 1 January 2012.

Telehealth MBS Item	MBS Group	Location of Service
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER (INCLUDING A GENERAL PRACTITIONER, SPECIALIST OR CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN) TELEHEALTH ATTENDANCES
2100 2126 2143 2195	GROUP A30, SUBROUP 1		At consulting rooms outside an inner metropolitan area or at an Aboriginal Medical Service
2122 2137 2147 2199	GROUP A30, SUBGROUP 1		Other than consulting rooms such as a home visit or other institution outside an inner metropolitan area
2125 2138 2179 2220	GROUP A30, SUBGROUP 2		At a residential aged care facility
PRACTICE NURSE OR ABORIGINAL HEALTH WORKER TELEHEALTH ATTENDANCE PROVIDED ON BEHALF OF A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER
10983	GROUP M12, SUBGROUP 1		Outside an inner metropolitan area or at an Aboriginal Medical Service
10984	GROUP M12, SUBGROUP 2		At a residential aged care facility
PARTICIPATING MIDWIVES
82150 82151 82152	GROUP M13, SUBGROUP 2		Outside an inner metropolitan area or at an Aboriginal Medical Service
PARTICIPATING NURSE PRACTITIONERS
82220, 82221, 82222	GROUP M14, SUBGROUP 2		Outside an inner metropolitan area or at an Aboriginal Medical Service
82223, 82224, 82225	GROUP M14, SUBGROUP 3		At a residential aged care facility

Current as at 4 June 2011