Bulk-billing incentives: Best Practice warns of problems with new MyMedicare items

Best Practice says it lacks access to Services Australia data on MyMedicare registration.
Sarah Simpkins
Jessica White.

Software maker Best Practice has warned GPs that bulk-billing incentives linked to MyMedicare will need to be added separately to MBS claims following tomorrow’s Medicare overhaul.

From 1 November, concessional patients enrolled in the MyMedicare patient registration scheme will be eligible for tripled bulk-billing incentives for level C to level D telephone consults and level C to level E video consults.