Telehealth
Primary Care – MBS Telehealth Services
Temporary Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) items will allow doctors, nurses and mental health professionals to deliver services via telehealth, provided those services are bulk billed.
Why is this important?
The new MBS items will allow all medicare eligible patients access to essential health services in their home with the aim of reducing their risk of exposure to COVID-19 whilst in the community.
Who benefits?