1 March 2025 Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) changes

Published: 1 March 2025

Find out what changes there are to MBS services.

From 1 March 2025, there are changes to some MBS items.

This includes:

  • removing the 85% out of hospital rebate for over 800 MBS items
  • replacing telehealth attendances with video attendance, so telehealth is now the overarching term for video and phone services.

There’s also new and amended MBS items for the following:

  • nurse practitioners and midwives
  • optometry services
  • general medical services
  • pathology services.

Read more about the latest news on the MBS Online website.

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Page last updated: 1 March 2025.
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