From July 1 this year, more than 900 Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for rebates for private surgery are set to change as part of the MBS Review of all 5,700 Medicare rebates. The latest changes will affect rebates for orthopaedic surgery, general surgery and heart surgery.
Experts say that this will put significant financial and operational risk on health insurers and private hospitals and leaves doctors and patients scrambling and confused about what and how to bill against Medicare and private health insurance policies come 1 July as they haven’t had the time to prepare and release them in advance.
To know more read the entire article originally published in 9 News here.
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