Medical Benefits Schedule definition

Medical Benefits Schedule means the Medicare Schedule of Benefits produced by the Department of Health to which all fees and benefits relate for inpatient hospital services.

Examples of Medical Benefits Schedule in a sentence

  • Common treatments means a number of Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) items commonly used across services covered by your policy.

  • Charges for covered surgical procedures, when such procedures are performed on an outpatient rather than an inpatient basis, will be paid as shown in the Medical Benefits Schedule.

  • Assistance at Operation means assistance provided by a Medical Practitioner, but only where an assistant’s fee is allowed for in the Commonwealth Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS).

  • Assistant at Operation means a medically qualified surgical assistant, but only where an assistant’s fee is allowed for in the Commonwealth Medical Benefits Schedule, or where indicated in the WorkCover schedule or approved in advance by the insurer.

  • Australia has national public health insurance in the form of Medicare for the provision of subsidised medical services listed on the Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS), and the PBS for the provision of subsidised pharmaceuticals.

  • The complete explanatory notes for anaesthetics can be found in the current Medical Benefits Schedule Book issued by the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing.

  • The rate of remuneration under a fee-for-service contract for the provision of an emergency after-hours medical service is 110% of the relevant Commonwealth Medical Benefits Schedule fee.

  • Except as provided for below, the rate of remuneration for the provision of a medical service under a fee-for-service contract is 100% of the relevant Commonwealth Medical Benefits Schedule fee.

  • The out of hours period is defined as between 6pm to 8am on a week day, 8am Saturday to 8am Monday for weekends, and for public holidays 8am to 8am the following day.7.0 ANAESTHETICS The complete explanatory notes for anaesthetics can be found in the current Medical Benefits Schedule Book issued by the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing.

  • The rate of remuneration for the provision of a medical service under a fee-for-service contract where the medical service is provided in a hospital which has no Resident Medical Officer, Registrar or Career Medical Officer available as medical practitioner of first contact on a 24 hour a day 7 days a week basis, is 110% of the relevant Commonwealth Medical Benefits Schedule fee.

Related to Medical Benefits Schedule

  • Gap medical benefits means the benefits (if any) payable in respect of medical expenses that are less than, greater than or equal to the schedule fee, provided always that the medical expenses relate to a professional service that:

  • Additional gap medical benefits means the benefits (if any) payable in respect of medical expenses that are more than the schedule fee and which otherwise meet the requirements of the fund’s no or known gap policy, provided always that the medical expenses relate to a professional service that:

  • Pharmacy benefits manager means a person that performs pharmacy benefits management.

  • Pharmacy benefit manager means a person, business or other

  • Retiree means any person who has begun accruing a retirement

  • income-related employment and support allowance means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;

  • Annual Benefit Limit means the maximum amount of benefits paid by the Company to the Policy Holder in a Policy Year irrespective of whether any limits of any benefit items stated in the Benefit Schedule have been reached. The Annual Benefit Limit is counted afresh in a new Policy Year.

  • Medicare benefit means the Medicare benefit payable within the meaning of Part II of the Health Insurance Act 1973 with respect to a professional service.