3 April, 2020
Maternity Services required to be recognised for COVID-19 telehealth eligibility
The ACM have reviewed the current COVID-19 specialist consultation MBS items which have been established as an emergency response to the requirement to provide elements of client care in the form of telehealth or phone based services. We specifically assessed the maternity services to ensure that the work of participating midwives would be adequately addressed within the current MBS structure.