Fewer aged care residents will have the expense and inconvenience of having to go to hospital for x-rays under changes to Medicare.
Minister for Health, Greg Hunt said, “For the first time, from 1 November 2019 a Medicare rebate will be available as a call-out fee for the provision of mobile skeletal x-ray services conducted at a residential aged care facility.”
“These services include x-rays of the shoulder, pelvis, ribs and sternum; chest x-rays for suspected pneumonia or heart failure; and abdominal x-rays for acute abdomen or bowel obstruction.”
Mobile Medicare x-ray services were recommended by the independent expert Medical Services Advisory Committee.
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