MBS Primary Care Items
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resource Kit - health checks for children, adults and older persons (55 Years+)
The Resource Kit contains information on the three health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Resource Kit for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicare Health Checks
- Fact Sheet
- Questions and Answers
- Child Health Check proforma (PDF 184 KB)
- Adult Health Check proforma (PDF 182 KB)
- Older Person Health Check proforma (PDF 183 KB)
- Follow-up Health Services for People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Descent
If you have any queries related to this item or difficulty accessing the PDF or RTF attachments, please contact mbd.web@health.gov.au
These resources must be read in conjunction with the item descriptor and explanatory notes for Item 717 (as set out in the Medicare Benefits Schedule).
To order a resource kit, please email health@nationalmailing.com.au or phone National Mailing and Marketing on 02 6269 1060 .
For Medicare claiming and payment queries, call the Medicare Australia provider enquiry line on 132 150.
Program/Initiatives
- Medicare Teen Dental Plan
- Multidisciplinary Case Conferencing
- General Practice After Hours Program - Reporting Templates and Associated Guide
- Submissions
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme
Publications
- The Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: Preliminary Results from the Child Health Check and Follow-up data collections
- Evaluation of the Child Health Check initiative and expanding health services delivery initiative
- A review of enablers and barriers of Indigenous drug users accessing needle and syringe programs - a report for the COAG Multilateral Group on Needle and Syringe Programs
- A Healthier Future for All Australians: National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission - Final Report June 2009
- Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: Health Conditions and Referrals
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