Under the Health Insurance Act 1973 if a practitioner bulk bills for a service the practitioner undertakes to accept the relevant Medicare benefit as full payment for the service.
This educational resource has been developed to assist health practitioners and providers to understand the Medicare rules and requirements around bulk billing and covers charging for consumables, vaccine administration and membership fees.
Medicare bulk billing and additional charges
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Fact sheet
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General public
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English