Upcoming MBS changes GPs need to know
Source: News GP, September 2022
Changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) will have some impact on general practice as of 1 November, including for melanoma excision services and cycle-of-care items for chronic disease management. newsGP summarises the key changes.
Removal of cycle-of-care items
Cycle-of-care items for cervical screening, diabetes and asthma – items in Subgroup 8 of Group A7 and Groups A18 and A19 – will be removed from the MBS on 1 November
These items were previously attached to Practice Incentives Program (PIP) payments which ceased on 31 July 2019.