Factsheet for Additional 10 MBS Mental Health Sessions

The temporary expansion of the Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (Better Access) initiative, to allow people to access 10 additional individual Medicare-subsidised sessions, ceases on 31 December 2022. The below fact sheet provides details on claiming these items for services delivered on or before this date.

Patients do not need a new referral to access Better Access sessions from 1 January 2023. If a patient has a current referral (either for the initial 10 sessions or the additional 10 sessions) and has not used all of the sessions, they can use that referral to access sessions in 2023. However, the patient cannot receive more than 10 individual sessions in 2023.


PDF version Fact sheet Additional 10 MBS mental health sessions during COVID-19 under the Better Access Pandemic Support measure (PDF 369 KB)
Word version Fact sheet Additional 10 MBS mental health sessions during COVID-19 under the Better Access Pandemic Support measure (Word 238 KB)