Government Telehealth Rebates

See this general Government Reference on the field of Telemedicine

MBS Item Numbers and Telemedicine

Eligible areas. Patient must be outside pink areas

If services are bulk billed then the payment figures would be as follows.

General Practitioner  -   Consultation rebate  fee ( calculated as rebate depending on time of consultation + 50% rebate), + $40 teleconference fee + $20 bulk billing fee

Specialist - Consultation rebate fee (calculated as rebate for Item 104 or 105 + 50% rebate) + $60 teleconference fee + $20 bulk billing fee

The special teleconference fee drops every year for 4 years as does the bulk billing fee and the one off lump sum payment for taking part in providing teleconferencing services.
Incentives are also available for Nursing Homes. A nurse facilitating a teleconference is paid a facilitating fee the same as a GP but obviously no MBS consultation fee.

For Specialist and GP the telehealth and bulk billing incentive payments are made as a bulk payment each quarter.







2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Telehealth On-Board (one-off)
$6,000
$4,800
$3,900
$3,300
Telehealth Service (specialist)
$60
$48
$39
$33
Telehealth Service (patient-end)
$40
$32
$26
$22
Telehealth Bulk Billing
$20
$16
$13
$11
RACF On-Board Incentive (one-off)
$6,000
$4,800
$3,900
$3,300
Telehealth Hosting Service Incentive
$60
$48
$39
$33