AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGED CARE
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973
Health Insurance (Medicare Benefits Payable in Respect of Professional Services – Services Rendered under the Commonwealth Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Program) Direction (No. 1) 2025
I, Nigel Murray, Assistant Secretary, MBS Policy and Specialist Programs Branch, Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division, Health Resourcing Group, delegate for the Minister for Health and Aged Care, acting under subsection 19(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act), hereby:
Note, a number of expressions used in this direction are defined in the below instruments:
Date 16 January 2025
Nigel Murray
Assistant Secretary
MBS Policy and Specialist Programs Branch
Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division
Health Resourcing Group
Department of Health and Aged Care
SCHEDULE A
MEDICARE BENEFITS SCHEDULE ITEMS AS AGREED under the COMMONWEALTH MEDICARE Urgent care clinic program
For services listed in the below tables, all provisions of the Act and regulations made under the Act, and the National Health Act 1953 and regulations made under the National Health Act 1953, relating to medical services, professional services or items apply.
General Medical Services Table
Group | Group Name | Subgroup | Subgroup Name | Item Number |
General practitioner attendances to which no other item applies | 3, 23, 36, 44, 123 | |||
A5 | Prolonged attendances to which no other item applies | |||
A7 | Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items | 9 | Prescribed medical practitioner mental health care | 279 |
A20 | Mental health care | 1 | GP mental health treatment plans | 2713 |
A22 | General practitioner after-hours attendances to which no other item applies | 5000, 5020, 5040, 5060, 5071 | ||
Miscellaneous diagnostic procedures and investigations | 6 | Cardiovascular | 11707 | |
T4 | Obstetrics | 16500 | ||
T7 | Regional or field nerve blocks | 18213 | ||
T8 | Surgical operations | 1 | General | 30003, 30006, 30026, 30029, 30032, 30035, 30038, 30042, 30045, 30049, 30061, 30064, 30099, 30216, 30219 |
2 | Colorectal | 32147 | ||
5 | Urological | 36800 | ||
8 | Ear, nose and throat | 41500, 41659, 41677 | ||
9 | Ophthalmology | 42644, 42650 | ||
14 | Hand or wrist surgery | 46513, 46528, 46531 | ||
15 | Orthopaedic | 47904, 47915, 47916, 47015, 47030, 47042, 47057, 47063, 47069, 47301, 47348, 47354, 47361, 47387, 47423, 47444, 47453, 47462, 47466, 47471, 47543, 47561, 47579, 47595, 47637, 47663, 47735 | ||
Management of bulk-billed services | 1 | Management of general bulk-billed services | 10990, 10991, 10992, 75855, 75856, 75857, 75858 | |
2 | General support service | 75870, 75871, 75872, 75873, 75874, 75875, 75876 | ||
M14 | Nurse practitioners | 1 | Nurse practitioners | 82200, 82205, 82210, 82215 |
*Note: Claims under any item in Group A7 in the General Medical Services Table may only be exempt from subsection 19(2) of the Act when the services are claimed by a Prescribed Medical Practitioner operating under the Commonwealth Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Program.
Group | Group Name | Item Number |
P9 | simple basic pathology tests | 73806 |
SCHEDULE B
MEDICARE BENEFITS SCHEDULE ITEMS where a clinic is located in MMM 1 locations
For services listed in the below tables, all provisions of the Act and regulations made under the Act, and the National Health Act 1953 and regulations made under the National Health Act 1953, relating to medical services, professional services or items apply.
General Medical Services Table
Group | Group Name | Subgroup | Subgroup Name | Item Number |
Other non-referred attendances to which no other item applies | 1 | Other medical practitioner attendances | 52, 53, 54, 57 | |
Other non-referred after-hours attendances to which no other item applies | 5200, 5203, 5207, 5208 |
*Note: Claims under any item in Group A2 and A23 in the General Medical Services Table may only be exempt from subsection 19(2) of the Act when the services are claimed by a Prescribed Medical Practitioner operating under the Commonwealth Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Program.
SCHEDULE C
MEDICARE BENEFITS SCHEDULE ITEMS WHERE A CLINIC IS LOCATED IN MMM 2-7 LOCATIONS
For services listed in the below tables, all provisions of the Act and regulations made under the Act, and the National Health Act 1953 and regulations made under the National Health Act 1953, relating to medical services, professional services or items apply.
General Medical Services Table
Group | Group Name | Subgroup | Subgroup Name | Item Number |
A7 | Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items | 2 | Prescribed medical practitioner attendance to which no other item applies | 179, 185, 189, 203 |
10 | Prescribed Medical Practitioner after‑hours attendances to which no other item applies | 733, 737, 741, 745 |
*Note: Claims under any item in Group A7 in the General Medical Services Table may only be exempt from subsection 19(2) of the Act when the services are claimed by a Prescribed Medical Practitioner operating under the Commonwealth Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Program.
APPROVED COMMONWEALTH MEDICARE URGENT CARE CLINIC MMM 1 LOCATIONS AS AGREED UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH MEDICARE URGENT CARE CLINIC PROGRAM
Approved primary care locations:
NEW SOUTH WALES
State | MMM 1 Location | Practice Name | Legal Name | Street Address |
NSW | Bankstown | Bankstown Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 67 Rickard Road, Bankstown NSW 2200 |
NSW | Carlton | Eastbrooke Medical Centre | Eastbrooke Medical Centres Pty Limited | 354-356 Railway Parade, Carlton NSW 2218 |
NSW | Dapto | Dapto Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 112 Princes Highway, Dapto NSW 2530 |
NSW | Fairfield | Fairfield Chase Medical & Dental | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 49-61 Spencer Street, Fairfield NSW 2165 |
NSW | Lake Haven | Coastal Lakes Medical Practice Lake Haven | The Trustee for The Lake Haven Medical Centre Trust | Lake Haven Shopping Centre, 127 Lake Haven Drive, Lake Haven NSW 2263 |
NSW | Liverpool | Myhealth Liverpool | Myhealth Liverpool Pty Ltd | Shop 2090, Level 2, Liverpool Westfield, Macquarie Street, Liverpool NSW 2170 |
NSW | Newcastle | Charlestown Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 316 Charlestown Road, Charlestown NSW 2290 |
NSW | Maroubra | Maroubra Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 806-812 Anzac Parade, Maroubra NSW 2035 |
NSW | Peninsula | Providence Medical Umina | Providence Medical Umina Pty Ltd | 297 West Street, Umina Beach NSW 2257 |
NSW | Penrith | Our Medical Home | Wycombe Services Pty Ltd | 2227 Wolseley Street, Jamisontown NSW 2750 |
NSW | Queanbeyan | Brindabella Family Practice | Brindabella Medical Practice Services Pty Ltd | 7-9 Morissett Street Queanbeyan NSW 2620 |
NSW | Rooty Hill | Rooty Hill Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for Meditech Trust | 31 Rooty Hill Road, Rooty Hill NSW 2766 |
NSW | Ryde | Myhealth Top Ryde | Myhealth Medical Top Ryde Pty Ltd | MM17C, Top Ryde City Shopping Centre, Blaxland Road and Devlin Street, Ryde NSW 2112 |
NSW | Westmead | Wentworthville Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 122-128 Station Street, Wentworthville NSW 2145 |
NSW | Wollongong | Corrimal Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 46-50 Underwood Street, Corrimal NSW 2518 |
QUEENSLAND
State | MMM 1 Location | Practice Name | Legal Name | Street Address |
QLD | Gold Coast | Our Medical Home Gold Coast | The Trustee for Gold Coast GP Super Clinic Operating Trust | 2 Leo Graham Way, Oxenford QLD 4210 |
QLD | Goodna | Goodna Family Medical Centre | Goodna Family Medical Centre Pty Ltd
| 2 Smiths Road, Goodna QLD 4300 |
QLD | Ipswich | Riverlink Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | FS1 Riverlink Shopping Centre, 2 The Terrace, North Ipswich QLD 4305 |
QLD | Logan (Browns Plains) | Browns Plains Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 2-10 Grand Plaza Drive, Browns Plains QLD 4118 |
QLD | Morayfield | Morayfield Accident & Illness Clinic Pty Ltd | Morayfield Accident & Illness Clinic Pty Ltd | 19-31 Dickson Rd, Morayfield QLD 4506 |
QLD | Murrumba Downs | Murrumba Downs Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | Corner Goodrich Road and Dohles Rocks Road, Murrumba Downs QLD 4503 |
QLD | North Brisbane | Family Doctors Kedron Urgent Care Clinic | Medical Centre Services Pty Ltd | Corner Gympie and Brookfield Road, Kedron QLD 4031 |
QLD | Oxley | Growlife Medical | Sante Medical Services Pty Ltd | Ground Floor, Canossa Hospital, 169 Seventeen Mile Rocks Rd, Oxley QLD 4075 |
QLD | South Brisbane | Cornwall Street Medical Centre | UQ Health Care Limited | Level 4, PACE Building, 20 Cornwall Street, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 |
QLD | Southport | Southport Medical & Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 178 Nerang Street, Southport QLD 4215 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
State | MMM 1 Location | Practice Name | Legal Name | Street Address |
SA | Elizabeth | Elizabeth Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 30 Philip Highway, Elizabeth SA 5112 |
SA | Marion | Marion Domain Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 453 Morphett Road, Oaklands Park SA 5046 |
SA | Morphett Vale | Morphett Vale Family Practice | The Trustee for THE DOCTORS ROAD TRUST | 1 Doctors Road, Morphett Vale SA 5162 |
SA | Para Hills | McIntyre Medical Centre | Manor Family Care Pty Ltd | 33 McIntyre Road, Para Hills SA 5096 |
SA | Western | Old Port Road Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 1202-1210 Old Port Road, Royal Park SA 5014 |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
State | MMM 1 Location | Practice Name | Legal Name | Street Address |
WA | Armadale | ARCHE HEALTH LTD | ARCHE HEALTH LTD | Unit 1, 2227 Albany Highway Gosnells WA 6110 |
WA | Beeliar | Lagoon Medical Centre | FGMC Pty Ltd | Unit 1, Beeliar Hive Shopping Centre, 283 Beeliar Drive, Yangebup WA 6164 |
WA | Clarkson | Clarkson Urgent Care Clinic | Ocean Keys Medical Practitioners Pty Ltd | Unit 6/5 Ebb Way, Clarkson WA 6030 |
WA | Midland | North Street Medical Centre | The Trustee for the Building Blocks Medical Unit Trust | 40 Great Northern Highway, Midland WA 6056 |
WA | Perth City | Rudloc Road Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 40 Rudloc Road, Morley WA 6062 |
WA | Rockingham | Rockingham Medical and Dental Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 18 Civic Boulevard, Rockingham WA 6168 |
APPROVED COMMONWEALTH MEDICARE URGENT CARE CLINIC MMM 2-7 LOCATIONS AS AGREED UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH MEDICARE URGENT CARE CLINIC PROGRAM
Approved primary care locations:
NEW SOUTH WALES
State | MMM 2 Location | Practice Name | Legal Name | Street Address |
NSW | Albury | Border Urgent Care Centre | Border Urgent Care Centre Pty Ltd | 425 David Street, Albury NSW 2640 |
State | MMM 3 Location | Practice Name | Legal Name | Street Address |
NSW | Cessnock | All Ways Healthcare | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 1/275 Vincent Street, Cessnock NSW 2325 |
NSW | Coffs Harbour | CHC Medical | The Trustee for Coffs Medical Alliance Trust | Suite 106, 343-345 Pacific Highway, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450 |
NSW | Lismore | Lismore GP Super Clinic | Lismore GP Super Clinic Pty Ltd | 33-35 Rous Road, Goonellabah NSW 2480 |
NSW | Tamworth | Northwest Health | The trustee for the Northwest Health Unit Trust | 279b Marius Street, Tamworth NSW 2340 |
State | MMM 4 Location | Practice Name | Legal Name | Street Address |
NSW | Batemans Bay | Batemans Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 7 Pacific Street Batemans Bay NSW 2536 |
QUEENSLAND
State | MMM 2 Location | Practice Name | Legal Name | Street Address |
QLD | Bundaberg | Central Medical Bundaberg | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 53 Commercial Street Kensington Bundaberg QLD 4670 |
QLD | Cairns | Cairns Urgent Care Clinic | Cairns Urgent Care Clinic Pty Ltd | 5b Walker Road, Edmonton QLD 4869 |
QLD | Hervey Bay | Pialba Medical Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | 5/166 Boat Harbour Drive, Pialba QLD 4655 |
QLD | Rockhampton | Rockhampton Central Medical Centre | The Trustee for ARTLU UNIT TRUST | Ground Floor, 120-331 Yaamba Road, Rockhampton QLD 4701 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
State | MMM 3 Location | Practice Name | Legal Name | Street Address |
SA | Mount Gambier | Mount Gambier Family Health | The Trustee for Try Family Trust | 13 Crouch Street, South Mount Gambier SA 5290 |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
State | MMM 2 Location | Practice Name | Legal Name | Street Address |
WA | Greater Bunbury | Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Bunbury at Eaton Fair | Urgent Care Clinic Bunbury Pty Ltd | T82, Eaton Fair Shopping Centre, Recreation Drive, Eaton WA 6232 |