Quick reference guides
Medicare Australia has developed a suite of quick reference guides designed to clarify MBS item requirements and PBS restriction criteria. These guides help to make it easier for you.
Medicare Benefits Schedule
- Chronic disease management for general practitioners [PDF, 142Kb]

- Chronic disease management for allied health professionals [PDF, 136Kb]

- Concession cards and bulk billing incentives [PDF, 1.1Mb]

- Practice nurse items [PDF, 135Kb]

- Skin lesion excision and biopsy items [PDF, 133Kb]

- Aftercare (post-operative treatment) [PDF, 683Kb]

Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule
- Prescribing PBS Authority required (STREAMLINED) benefits [PDF, 148Kb]

- Dispensing PBS Authority required (STREAMLINED) medicines – approved suppliers [PDF, 589Kb]

- Prescribing PBS restricted benefits [PDF, 166Kb]

- Prescribing PBS Authority required benefits [PDF, 142Kb]

- Prescribing Esomeprazole under the PBS for Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease [PDF, 137Kb]

- Prescribing Gabapentin under the PBS [PDF, 134Kb]

- Prescribing lipid-lowering medicine under the PBS [PDF, 138Kb]

- Prescribing medicine under the PBS for the treatment of osteoporosis [PDF, 134Kb]

Revised arrangements for the efficient funding of chemotherapy drugs
- Revised arrangements for chemotherapy drugs – approved prescribers [PDF, 1.2Mb]

- Revised arrangements for chemotherapy drugs – approved suppliers [PDF, 1.1Mb]

Where do I go for more information?
- Contact us at Medicare Australia
- Visit MBS online

- Visit PBS online

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Last updated: 23 November, 2011
