From July 1 the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) underwent its biggest change since 1980 with more than 900 MBS items for rebates for private surgery.
The changes are part of the MBS review of 5,700 Medicate rebates.
The latest changes will affect rebates in areas such as cardiac surgery, orthopaedic surgery and general surgery.
According to Nuriootpa Medical Centre GP, Dr Michael Hoopmann ...