Medicare Benefits Schedule definition
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The designation of mental health system responsibility here refers chiefly to public funding through the state and territory public mental health system and/or private mental health services receiving Commonwealth funding through the Medicare Benefits Schedule, together with non-government organisations in receipt of state, territory or Commonwealth funding where these continue to undertake roles outside the NDIS.
The Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) indexation factor, announced annually before 1st July, is applied to base rates of pay as detailed in clause 11.1 of the NTCER.
Acute and emergency services delivered through Local Hospital Networks including, but not limited to, medical and pharmaceutical products (available through PBS), medical transport, allied health and nursing services (where related to treatment of a health event), dental services and medical services covered under the Medicare Benefits Schedule, or otherwise government funded (including surgical procedures related to aids and equipment).
The CMBS rates shall be the rates listed in the edition of the Commonwealth Medicare Benefits Schedule book in force at the time a service is provided.
The Commonwealth will not fund any services under this Schedule if the same service, or any part of the same service is funded through the NHRA, the Medicare Benefits Schedule, any other Commonwealth program, or any other Commonwealth contract, as per the relevant clauses of the NHRA and legislation underpinning the Medicare Benefits Schedule and other Commonwealth programs.
The designation of mental health system responsibility here refers chiefly to public funding through the state and territory public mental health system and/or private mental health services receiving Commonwealth funding through the Medicare Benefits Schedule, together with non- government organisations in receipt of state, territory or Commonwealth funding where these continue to undertake roles outside the NDIS.
Inclusion of people with disability in preventative health and primary health care delivered through General Practice and community health services, including dental and medical services covered under the Medicare Benefits Schedule.
In addition to the base coverage benefits provided under clause 3.2, the Insurer may offer, and make available, a higher level of benefits payable under a base OSHC Product, where those benefits are for ambulance cover, Medicare Benefits Schedule services, Chronic Disease Management Programs, hospital treatment, and hospital- substitute treatment.
The deidentified patient data collection and linkage activities for this Agreement will relate to patients with chronic and complex conditions, and will include provision of Admitted Patient Care National Minimum Data Set (NMDS), Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), Emergency Department NMDS and National Death Index (NDI) data initially.
In addition to the base coverage benefits provided under clause 3.2, the Insurer may offer, and make available, a higher level of benefits payable under a base OSHC Product, where those benefits are for ambulance cover, Medicare Benefits Schedule services, Chronic Disease Management Programs, hospital treatment, and hospital-substitute treatment.