MBS COVID-19 Management Support Service

A new temporary Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item has been made available to support medical practitioners providing treatment to COVID-19 positive patients.

Page last updated: 31 August 2022

Commencing 8 November 2021, and available until 31 December 2022, a temporary Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item has been made available to support medical practitioners providing clinically relevant treatment to COVID-19 positive patients.

As Australia moves into the next phase of living with the COVID-19 virus, a need for additional temporary support for medical practitioners has been introduced to support the provision of care to COVID-19 positive patients who can be managed in the community effectively and safely.

MBS item 93715 is intended to support medical practitioners who are required to undertake additional measures, including PPE, in order to provide safe face-to-face services to patients with a recent diagnosis of COVID-19, confirmed by either a laboratory PCR test, or a COVID-19 rapid antigen self-test.

PDF Version Factsheet COVID-19 Management Support Service 18 August 2022 (PDF 226 KB)
Word Version Factsheet COVID-19 Management Support Service 18 August 2022 (Word 132 KB)

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