November 2024
Removal of legislated collaborative arrangements
Changes to MBS benefit for eyelid reconstruction item 45614 from 1 November 2024
1 November 2024 pathology MBS changes
Diagnostic Imaging Services Table – Changes from 1 November 2024
Relative Value Guide – changes to cell salvage item 22002
Haemorrhoid treatments – changes to items 32135 and 32139
Inpatient telehealth psychiatry services
Updates to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for radiation therapy items from 1 November 2024
October 2024
Eligibility for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment changes from 1 July 2025
July 2024
Nurse practitioner MBS changes from 1 July 2024
Temporary nuclear medicine items 61470 and 61477 – item continuation and one-off fee increase
Changes to supervision requirements for nuclear medicine imaging services from 1 July 2024
Otolaryngology and diagnostic audiology changes commencing 1 July 2024
Capital Sensitivity exemption changes to diagnostic imaging services
1 July 2024 pathology MBS changes
MBS Telehealth Services - from 1 July 2024
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and related colonoscopy item changes for 1 July 2024
Changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for radiation therapy items
May/June 2024
Complex neurodevelopmental disorder and eligible disability changes to MBS items
Insertion of marker clip(s) following a breast biopsy
MBS funded investigations for sleep disorders – current professional guidelines
March 2024
Minimally invasive ventral rectopexy – ongoing item 32118
Changes to in and out of hospital benefit for plastic and reconstructive surgery services
Three new items relating to plastic and reconstructive surgery for nurse practitioners
Co-claiming limitations of subsequent attendance items with certain Group T8 surgical operationsIntracranial aneurysm item – Amended item
Exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) stress testing – New item
Cardiothoracic surgery – Amended item for complex replacement or repair of aortic arch
Intravascular ultrasound guided coronary stent insertion – New itemLeadless permanent cardiac pacemaker – Amended items
Replication of three items into the Relative Value Guide (RVG) for Anaesthesia
Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS)
Insertion of a marker clip following a breast biopsyStreamlining First Nations Australians’ access to allied health services
Changes to thoracic surgery Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items
Changes to psychiatry services from 1 March 2024
Orthopaedic Surgery – New and amended MBS items
Changes to Category 7 – Cleft and Craniofacial ServicesJanuary 2024
Medicare Safety Net Arrangements – 1 January 2024Extension of temporary Pathology items for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and other respiratory pathogens
MBS Telehealth Services - from 1 January 2024
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation - Amended items