MBS Telehealth Services

These factsheets provide information about the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) telehealth arrangements

Page last updated: 13 March 2025

Ongoing MBS telehealth arrangements remain in place and provide for a wide range of telephone and video services by qualified health practitioners and support safe and equitable telehealth services which are informed by the MBS Review Taskforce Principles.

MBS Video and Phone items are available to medical practitioners in general practice, specialists, consultant physicians, nurse practitioners, participating midwives, allied health providers and dental practitioners in the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Patients in areas declared a natural disaster can access telehealth services from any medical practitioners in general practice. Eligible regions are State or Territory Local Government Areas identified as a natural disaster at the time of the service.

Further information is provided in the factsheets below:

FactsheetPDF and Word versions
Allied Health telehealth Services
(Last updated:13 March 2025)
PDF Version - Factsheet Allied Health (PDF 208 KB)
Word Version - Factsheet Allied Health (Word 138 KB)
Medical Practitioners - General Practice telehealth Services
(Last updated: 13 March 2025)
PDF Version - Factsheet Continuing MBS Telehealth Medical Practitioners in General Practice (PDF 307 KB)
Word Version - Factsheet Continuing MBS Telehealth Medical Practitioners in General Practice (Word 164 KB)
Mental Health Telehealth Services
(Last updated: 13 March 2025)
PDF Version - MBS Mental Health Telehealth Services (PDF 182 KB)
Word Version - MBS Mental Health Telehealth Services (Word 127 KB)
Better Access Telehealth Services
(Last updated: 13 March 2025)
PDF Version - Better Access MBS Telehealth Services (PDF 216 KB)
Word Version - Better Access MBS Telehealth Services (Word 95 KB)
Specialists Telehealth out of Hospital Services
(Last updated: 13 March 2025)
PDF Version - Factsheet Specialists Telehealth (PDF 250 KB)
Word Version - Factsheet Specialists Telehealth (Word 142 KB)
Obstetric Telehealth Services
(Last updated: 13 March 2025)
PDF Version - Factsheet Obstetric Attendances (PDF 180 KB)
Word Version - Factsheet Obstetric Attendances (Word 124 KB)
Audiology and Otolaryngology Telehealth services
(Last updated: 13 March 2025)
PDF Version - Audiology and Otolaryngology Telehealth Services (PDF 185 KB)
Word Version - Audiology and Otolaryngology Telehealth Services (Word 127 KB)
Inpatient Psychiatry Telehealth Services
(Last updated: 13 March 2025)
PDF Version - Inpatient Psychiatry Telehealth Services (PDF 233 KB)
Word Version - Inpatient Psychiatry Telehealth Service (Word 132 KB)
Verbal assignment of benefit arrangements for Telehealth Tervices
(Last updated: 4 July 2024)
PDF Version - Factsheet Verbal Assignment of Benefit for Telehealth (PDF 179 KB)
Word Version - Factsheet Verbal Assignment of Benefit for Telehealth (Word 131 KB)
Continuing Nurse Practitioners Telehealth ServicesNurse practitioner MBS changes
Continuing Midwives Telehealth ServicesParticipating midwives MBS changes

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