Type: On-demand Recorded: 24 Apr 2024
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On-demand recorded 24 Apr 2024
On 1 November 2023, tripled Medicare bulk billing incentive (BBI) payments were introduced for selected patients and services provided in general practice. There are now 20 MBS incentive items available for bulk billed GP services, with separate item numbers for single incentive payments (pre-existing items), tripled incentives for all eligible patients, and tripled incentives for services linked to MyMedicare. There are also different item numbers and payments based on geographical region under the Modified Monash Model (MMM). The RACGP recently developed its own fact sheet to help members understand the new BBI item structure and the tie-in with MyMedicare. To complement this, we are hosting a webinar presented by the Department of Health and Aged Care to further explain the items and provide case studies/examples outlining which item number to bill and when. The webinar will cover:
Responses to questions submitted during this webinar can be viewed here.
MBBS MSC PhD FRACGP GAICD Dr Michael Wright is a general practitioner, health economist and health services researcher based in Sydney, Australia. He commenced as RACGP President on 21 November 2024. Michael is also an Associate Professor at the International Centre for Future Health Systems at the University of New South Wales. He combines clinical practice with strategic appointments and academic research analysing the effects of health policy on the quality and performance of primary care. Michael completed GP registrar training in Queensland and previously worked in London as a GP, where he completed his Masters in Public Health and was also a researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Michael completed his PhD in Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 2019. His PhD investigated the impact of continuity of general practice care on health outcomes, and his research interest including growing the evidence base about the value of high-quality primary care, and health policy research into quality, efficiency and sustainability of heath services.
Imogen has been in this role for over two years and has previously worked in policy and program roles in a number of Australian Government departments. Her team is responsible for a range of MBS items for general practice, including bulk billing incentives, attendance items, chronic disease management items and health assessments. Imogen has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a PhD from the University of Melbourne.
Louise has over 25 years’ experience working for the Australian Government on a wide range of complex health policy issues and programs, including MBS policy and reform, population health, aged care, mental health, primary care and health financing, and on a number of cross portfolio issues including the NDIS. Currently, she is leading teams responsible for MBS policy on telehealth, general practice, primary care and some specialist services, and she is also responsible for the Continuous Review of the MBS and supporting the work of the MBS Review Advisory Committee. Louise has a Master of Public Health from the University of Queensland and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the Australian National University.
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