26 September Changes to MBS items – Assignment of benefit and signature requirement September 26, 2023 By Alex Weller Services Australia. 0 Changes to Services Australia’s website page – Changes to MBS items - Assignment of benefit and signature requirements – went live on Thursday 21 September 2023. The changes that have been made are aimed to provide guidance for health professionals to fulfill the legal requirements under the Health Insurance Act 1973 to obtain and record a patient’s verbal agreement to assign their Medicare benefit for bulk billing purposes. Read the attached Frequently Asked Questions for more information. Attached Files Telehealth Verbal AoB FAQs 20 Sept 2023.pdf 142.09 KB Related Articles Temporary changes to Medicare Program requirements under s19AA and 19AB of the Health Insurance Act MBS: Minor changes to MBS sleep study items From 1 November 2019, there will be a number of minor changes to some MBS items for sleep studies. March 2021 changes to MBS items for respiratory and sleep studies Amendments to Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Urgent after-hour items Changes to the arrangements for Medicare funded urgent after-hours services will take effect on the 1st of January 2019 Dept of Health: Webinar on cardiac imaging changes 1 August 2020 National Immunisation Program changes from 1 July 2020 Comments are closed.