Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) service provider
Glossary Item Attributes
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Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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Synonymous names: | MBS service provider |
METEOR identifier: | 608802 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
Definition: | To be eligible to provide medical service which will attract Medicare benefits, or to provide services for or on behalf of another practitioner, practitioners must meet one of the following criteria: NOTE: It is an offence under Section 19CC of the Health Insurance Act 1973 to provide a service without first informing a patient where a Medicare benefit is not payable for that service (i.e. the service is not listed in the MBS). |