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Complete a health assessment
When you’re doing a health assessment, you can seek help from any of the following:
- a practice nurse
- an Aboriginal health worker
- an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner.
Once the health assessment is complete, you can claim the appropriate Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item. You can claim through your practice software or in Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) using Provider Digital Access (PRODA).
Learn more about the process for completing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health assessment and follow-up services on the Health Professionals Educational Resources (HPE) website.
Claim for follow-up services for eligible health professionals
After completing a health assessment, you can claim MBS item 10987 for follow-up services.
Practice nurses and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners can provide these services for you under your supervision.
You can supervise these practitioners remotely. This supervision time doesn’t count towards the time you attend with your patient.
You claim through your practice software or in HPOS using PRODA.
You can read the relevant MBS item descriptions and explanatory notes and find out more about these follow-up services on the MBS Online website.