The Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Rules (No. 1) 2024 (the Amendment Rules) make consequential changes to the Private Health Insurance Rules to reflect changes commencing 1 March 2024 to Medical Benefit Schedule (MBS) items of the General Medical Services Table (GMST), Pathology Services Table (PST) and Diagnostic Imaging Services Table (DIST), and through Ministerial Determination under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Further information on changes to the MBS for 1 March 2024, including fact sheets and quick reference guides is available at MBS Online.
The Amendment Rules were registered on16 February 2024 on the Federal Register of Legislation and commence on 1 March 2024.
Further details on the Amendment Rules are included in the Explanatory statement accompanying the Amendment Rules available on the Federal Register of Legislation or by searching ‘Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Rules (No. 1) 2024’.
Information and spreadsheets for MBS items assigned to a clinical category or procedure type are available through the Private health insurance clinical category and procedure type resource collection.
Find more information on MBS item changes.