Quick reference guides
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- Medicare Benefits Schedule
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule
- Revised arrangements for the efficient funding of chemotherapy drugs
- Better Start for Children with Disability Initiative
- Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the MBS (Better Access) initiative
- Contact us
A suite of quick reference guides has been designed to clarify MBS item requirements and PBS restriction criteria. These guides help to make it easier for you.
Medicare Benefits Schedule
- Aftercare (post-operative treatment) [PDF, 639Kb]
- Chronic disease management for allied health professionals [PDF, 445Kb]
- Chronic disease management for general practitioners [PDF, 275Kb]
- Concession cards and bulk billing incentives [PDF, 498Kb]
- Diagnostic Audiology Services [PDF, 338Kb]
- Multi-item billing [PDF, 299Kb]
- Practice nurse items [PDF, 316Kb]
- Record keeping requirements for a health assessment [PDF, 488Kb]
- Skin lesion excision and biopsy items [PDF, 275Kb]
- Skin lesion removal flowchart [PDF, 258Kb]
Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule
- Claiming Highly Specialised Drugs (HSD) through PBS Online [PDF, 265Kb]
- Dispensing PBS Authority required (STREAMLINED) medicines – approved suppliers [PDF, 589Kb]
- Prescribing PBS restricted benefits [PDF, 1.1Mb]
- Prescribing PBS Authority required benefits [PDF, 449Kb]
- Prescribing PBS Authority required (STREAMLINED) benefits [PDF, 280Kb]
- Prescribing Esomeprazole under the PBS for Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease [PDF, 279Kb]
- Prescribing Gabapentin under the PBS [PDF, 293Kb]
- Prescribing lipid-lowering medicine under the PBS [PDF, 434Kb]
- Prescribing medicine under the PBS for the treatment of osteoporosis [PDF, 399Kb]
- Writing Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) prescriptions - Authorised nurse practitioners [PDF, 1.4Mb]
- Writing Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) prescriptions - Authorised optometrists [PDF, 2.1Mb]
- Writing Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) prescriptions - Medical practitioners in private practice [PDF, 1.3Mb]
Revised arrangements for the efficient funding of chemotherapy drugs
- Revised arrangements for chemotherapy drugs – approved prescribers [PDF, 804Kb]
- Revised arrangements for chemotherapy drugs – approved suppliers [PDF, 635Kb]
Better Start for Children with Disability Initiative
- Better Start for Children with Disability Initiative—Frequently Asked Questions for Medical Practitioners [PDF, 363Kb]
- Better Start for Children with Disability Initiative—Frequently Asked Questions for Allied Health Professionals [PDF, 369Kb]
- Better Start for Children with Disability Initiative—Flowchart [PDF, 154Kb]
Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the MBS (Better Access) initiative
- Medicare requirements for Better Access to mental health care – Quick Reference Guide for General Practitioners [PDF, 361Kb]
- Medicare requirements for Better Access to mental health care – Quick Reference Guide for General Practitioners [RTF, 101Kb]
- Medicare requirements for Better Access to mental health care – Quick Reference Guide for Allied Health Professionals [PDF, 353Kb]
- Medicare requirements for Better Access to mental health care – Quick Reference Guide for Allied Health Professionals [RTF, 101Kb]
Contact us
Email: medicare.education@humanservices.gov.au
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Last updated: 26 April, 2013