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MBS COVID-19 Management Support Service
Commencing
8 November 2021
, and available until 30 June 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 MBS Online Factsheet-COVID-19 Management Support Service 5 November 2021
(PDF 256 KB)
Word version MBS Online Factsheet-COVID-19 Management Support Service 5 November 2021
(Word 94 KB)
MBS telehealth services
From
1 January 2022
, patient access to telehealth services will be supported by ongoing MBS arrangements.
The ongoing arrangements build on the temporary telehealth items introduced as part of the Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will continue to enable all Medicare eligible Australians to access telehealth (video and phone) services for a range of (out of hospital) consultations that can also be provided in person.
MBS telehealth items will continue to be available to GPs, medical practitioners, specialists, consultant physicians, nurse practitioners, participating midwives, allied health providers and dental practitioners in the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
View the available MBS Telehealth services fact sheets
here
A factsheet is also available with further information on the
additional 10 MBS Mental Health Sessions page
For further information, refer to
HealthPathways WA - COVID-19 MBS Items
(for login details, email
healthpathways@wapha.org.au
).
MBS items for Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs)
From 10 December 2020 until 30 June 2022, temporary Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items are available for care recipients in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new items apply to RACF residents referred for allied health services under the following treatment, management or care plans:
Multidisciplinary Care Plans; OR
GP Management Plans; OR
Shared Care Plans; OR
Team Care Plans; AND/OR
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Assessments.
These temporary MBS items are applicable for non-admitted patients that reside in a RACF and cannot be claimed as part of hospital treatment.
CDM Allied Health Group Services in RACFs
(Fact Sheet)
CDM Allied Health in RACFs
(Fact Sheet)
CDM ATSI Allied Health in RACFs
(Fact Sheet)
CDM GP or OMP in RACFs
(Fact Sheet)
Mental Health Treatment Plans in RACFs
(Fact Sheet)
GP and OMP attendance items for use in RACFs:
MBS Attendance Items for RACFs
Presentation on the use of MBS items in RACFs
PDF version Temporary COVID-19 GP and OMP's Support Services for Aged Care Residents
(PDF 250 KB)
Word version Temporary COVID-19 GP and OMP's Support Services for Aged Care Residents
(Word 90 KB)
Allied health providers - Last Updated 1 October 2021
PDF version Temporary COVID-19 Allied Health Support Services for Aged Care Residents
(PDF 324 KB)
Word version Temporary COVID-19 Allied Health Support Services for Aged Care Residents
(Word 99 KB)
GP and OMP's - Last Updated 1 October 2021
PDF version Temporary COVID-19 GP and OMP's Support Services for Aged Care Residents
(PDF 250 KB)
Word version Temporary COVID-19 GP and OMP's Support Services for Aged Care Residents
(Word 90 KB)
Other Medicare fact sheets and cheat sheets
Introduction to Medicare services
Introduction to Medicare Australia and the Medicare Benefits Schedule
(Fact Sheet)
Your guide to Medicare for Indigenous health services
Frequently used MBS items in General Practice
MBS Items frequently used in General Practice
(Fact Sheet)
MBS Items for Skin Excisions and Biopsies
(Fact Sheet)
MBS Items for use in the Treatment Room
(Cheat Sheet)
MBS Items in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Care
(Fact Sheet)
MBS Items for Practice Nurses
(Fact Sheet)
MBS Items for Heart Health Check
(Fact Sheet)
Care plans and health assessments
MBS Items for Chronic Disease Management
(Fact Sheet)
MBS Items for GP Mental Health Treatment Plan
(Fact Sheet)
MBS Items for Health Assessments
(Fact Sheet)
MBS Items for Health Assessments of people 75 and over
(Fact Sheet)
Digital Health
Healthcare Identifiers Service
(Fact Sheet)
HPOS and PRODA
(Fact Sheet)
Miscellaneous
MBS Items for 3GA Programs and MDRAP
(Fact Sheet)
Reciprocal Health Care Arrangements
(Fact Sheet)
MBS Items for Advanced Care Planning
(Fact Sheet)