All Medicare-eligible Australians in flood-affected areas can now make telehealth appointments with any GP.
The Australian Government has made an exemption to regular requirements, so patients don’t need to have an existing relationship with a GP to access MBS-subsidised telehealth services (video and phone).
Read more at MBS online.
The exemption applies to areas that have been declared a natural disaster and for the duration of that declaration. Information on areas that have been declared a natural disaster can be found on the Disaster Assist website.
In Healthy North Coast’s footprint, those local government areas are Port Macquarie Hastings, Kempsey, Nambucca, Bellingen, Coffs Harbour, Clarence Valley, Richmond Valley, Kyogle, Lismore, Ballina, Byron and Tweed.
Find out more about telehealth and Medicare benefits.