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dental health practitioner.
DECLARED that this Direction commences on 11 March 2025 and ceases to have effect at the end of 30 June 2025 unless earlier revoked.
Note, a number of expressions used in this direction are defined in the below instruments:
      * Health Insurance Act 1973: the meaning of dental practitioner, participating midwife, participating nurse practitioner, and professional service; and
      * Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2021: the meaning of prescribed medical practitioner.
      * Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Allied Health Services) Determination 2024: the meaning of allied health professional.

Date:   6 March 2025

Nigel Murray
Assistant Secretary
MBS Policy and Specialist Programs Branch
Medical Benefits and Digital Health Division
Health Resourcing Group
Department of Health and Aged Care

SCHEDULE A

MEDICARE BENEFITS SCHEDULE ITEMS AT Approved Practice Locations AS AGREED under the Council of Australian Governments' Improving Access to Primary Care in Rural and Remote Areas – COAG s19(2) Exemptions Initiative – Victoria

For services listed in the below tables, all provisions of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act) and regulations made under the Act, and the National Health Act 1953 and regulations made under the National Health Act 1953, relating to medical services, professional services or items apply.
General Medical Services Table
Group   Group Name                                                                                                                                                             Subgroup   Subgroup Name
A1      General practitioner attendances to which no other item applies
A2      Other non-referred attendances to which no other item applies
A5      Prolonged attendances to which no other item applies
A6      Group therapy
A7      Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items
A9      Contact lenses
A10     Optometricl services provided by an optometrist
A11     Urgent attendance after hours
A14     Health assessments
A15     GP management plans, team care arrangements and multidisciplinary care plans and case conferences                                                                      1          GP management plans, team care arrangements and multidisciplinary care plans
A17     Domiciliary and residential medication management reviews
A20     Mental health care
A22     General Practitioner after-hours attendances to which no other item applies
A23     Other non-referred after-hours attendances to which no other item applies
A27     Pregnancy support counselling
A35     Non-referred attendance at a residential aged care facility
A40     Telehealth and phone attendance services                                                                                                                               1          General practice telehealth services