MBS Primary Care Items
Comprehensive Medical Assessments for Residents of Aged Care Facilities
A Medicare rebate for Comprehensive Medical Assessments was introduced in 2004 to support GPs in undertaking a full systems review of permanent residents of aged care facilities.
- Fact Sheet
- Questions and Answers
- Checklist (PDF 75 KB)
- Service Description Flowchart (PDF 28 KB)
- Comprehensive Medical Assessment (CMA) form (PDF 79 KB)
- Comprehensive Medical Assessment (CMA) form (RTF 934 KB)
For Medicare claiming and payment queries, call the Medicare Australia provider enquiry line on 132 150.
Media releases
- Delivering More Aged Care Places For Eastern Melbourne
- $25 Million for accommodation for aged and disadvantaged
- Christmas message – remember to check in on your elderly relatives and neighbours
- 6,500 more aged care places for older Australians
- Boost for Home and Community Care in Tasmania
Program/Initiatives
- Better Oral Health in Residential Care training
- Multidisciplinary Case Conferencing
- Aged Care Access Initiative
- Aged Care GP Panels Initiative - Information for Residential Aged care Facilities on how to get involved
- Aged Care GP Panels Initiative - Information for GPs and Allied Health Providers on how to get involved
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