Better health and ageing for all Australians

MBS Primary Care Items

Removal of Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) Terminology

In this section:

The Department of Health and Ageing is removing references to EPC in the (Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Group A15 (GP management plans, team care arrangements, multidisciplinary care plans and case conferences) items (721-779) and in the Miscellaneous Group 3 (allied health individual) items (10950-10970).

The change has been made because the GP Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) care planning items were removed from the MBS in 2005 and replaced by the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) items (721-731). The term 'EPC plan' is now obsolete.

There are no changes to the eligibility requirements for the CDM items, including the allied health services for people with chronic disease. This is simply a change to terminology to bring it up to date.

Medicare Australia and provider organisations have been advised of the change.

EPC language has also been removed from the MBS Group A14 (Health Assessments) items.