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13 September 2021 - Medicare items and services will be reviewed by experts on an ongoing basis to ensure the Medicare Schedule remains contemporary and provides universal access to the best technologies and services under new arrangements introduced by the Australian Government.

10 June 2025 - This video highlights students’ experience in the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program. The program supports nursing students with high-quality clinical placements in the care and support sector, including aged care, and is open until December 2024.

20 February 2026 - Private health insurance clinical category and procedure type updates following Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item changes from 1 March 2026.

11 June 2025 - When you request to relocate a client in the portal, you must first obtain and record client consent. The previous provider must send a complete client record to the requesting provider within 7 days.

18 June 2025 - This ATAGI clinical statement provides recommendations for the zoster vaccine and Shingrix vaccine.

11 December 2025 - BreastScreen Australia Clinical Advisory Group endorsed best practice guidance regarding the use of Mammographically Guided Vacuum Assisted Breast Biopsy (VABB) in BreastScreen Australia

17 June 2025 - This document summarises the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Taskforce’s recommendations in response to the Gastroenterology Clinical Committee report.

26 November 2024 - A list of our initiatives, programs, campaigns, reforms or reviews related to private health insurance.

12 November 2025 - This collection contains reports from completed projects that were funded by the Quality Use of Pathology (QUP) Project Stream.

21 November 2022 - Chronic disease is one of the main factors behind the gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians. We fund a range of programs to prevent, detect and manage chronic conditions.