AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGED CARE
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973
Health Insurance (Medicare Benefits Payable in Respect of Professional Services – headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation Ltd) Direction 2023
I, Louise Riley, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits Division, Health Resourcing Group, delegate for the Minister for Health and Aged Care, acting under subsection 19(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, hereby:
- DIRECT that Medicare Benefits shall be payable in respect of:
(a) A professional service (as defined in Section 3 of the Health Insurance Act 1973) which has been agreed to be provided under the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Health and Aged Care (ABN: 24 004 196 909) and headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation Ltd (ABN: 26 137 533 843) in relation to medical services available to patients in regional and remote areas for which;
(i) items specified in Schedule A of this Direction; and of the general medical services table (means the table prescribed under subsection 4(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973), relates: and
(b) Where the professional service is provided to:
(i) an eligible person (as defined in Section 3 of the Health Insurance Act 1973);
(ii) a patient who is not receiving the service as part of an episode of hospital treatment (as defined in Section 121-5 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007); and
(iii) a patient who also is not receiving a service which attracts a payment through the 2020-2025 Addendum to the National Health Reform Agreement for a service rendered to a public patient; and
(c) the professional services referred to in clause (a) must be provided:
(i) at a general practice (as defined in Section 7.1.1 of the general medical services table); and
(ii) at a rural or remote practice location specified in Schedule B in Modified Monash Model 2-7 (as defined in Section 7.1.1 of the general medical services table); and
(iii) by a general practitioner (as defined in clause 1.1.3 of the general medical services table) employed or contracted by the practice location for appropriate primary care attendance.
DECLARED that this Direction shall have effect from 1 February 2023 until
30 June 2026 inclusive unless earlier revoked.
Date this 19 day of January 2023
Louise Riley
Acting First Assistant Secretary
MBS Policy and Specialist Services Branch
Medical Benefits Division
Health Resourcing Group
Department of Health and Aged Care
SCHEDULE A
MEDICARE BENEFITS SCHEDULE ITEMS AS AGREED under the MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH HEADSPACE NATIONAL YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATOIN LTD
For services listed in the below tables, all provisions of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (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 |
A1 | GP attendances to which no other item applies | 2 | Level B | 23 |
3 | Level C | 36 | ||
4 | Level D | 44 | ||
A20 | GP Mental health Care | 1 | GP Mental Health Treatment Plans | 2700, 2701, 2712, 2713, 2715, 2717 |
2 | Focussed Psychological Strategies | 2721, 2723, 2725, 2727 | ||
A40 | COVID-19 Services | 1 | General practice telehealth services | 91800, 91801, 91802 |
3 | Focussed psychological Strategies telehealth services | 91818, 91819 | ||
10 | Focussed psychological strategies phone services | 91842, 91843 | ||
19 | GP mental health treatment plan - telehealth services | 92112, 92113, 92114, | ||
20 | GP mental health treatment plan - phone services | 92126, 92127 |
SCHEDULE B
Approved Modified Monash 2-7 rural and remote Practice Locations AS AGREED under the memorandum of understanding with headspace national YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATOIN LTD
Approved primary care Modified Monash Model (MMM) 2 locations:
MMM 2 location | Practice Name | Street Address |
Darwin | headspace Darwin | Ground Level, Stage 4 CASCOM Centre 13-17 Scaturchio Street, Casuarina NT 0811 |
Palmerston | headspace Palmerston | 1 Palmerston Circuit, Palmerston. |
Bundaberg | headspace Bundaberg | 66 Woongarra Street, Bundaberg QLD 4670 |
Urraween | headspace Hervey Bay | Shop 9, Central Plaza, 15 Central Avenue, Urraween QLD 4655 |
Rockhampton | headspace Rockhampton | 155 Alma Street, Rockhampton QLD 4700 |
Toowoomba | headspace Toowoomba | 1 Snell Street, Toowoomba QLD 4350 |
Cairns | headspace Cairns | Level 2, 42 Grafton Street, Cairns QLD 4870 |
Mackay | headspace Mackay | Level 2, 123 Victoria Street, Mackay QLD 4740 |
Townsville | headspace Townsville | 2-14 Sporting Drive, Thuringowa Central, Townsville QLD 4817 |
Hobart | headspace Hobart | 49 Liverpool Street, Hobart TAS 7000 |
Launceston | headspace Launceston | Cnr Brisbane and Wellington Street, 186 Brisbane Street, Launceston TAS 7250 |
Wodonga | headspace Albury Wodonga | 155 High Street, Wodonga VIC 3690 |
Bendigo | headspace Bendigo | 78-80 Pall Mall, Bendigo VIC 3550 |
Ballarat | headspace Ballarat | 28 Camp Street, Ballarat VIC 3350 |
Ocean Grove | headspace Ocean Grove | 78 Presidents Avenue, Ocean Grove VIC 3226 |
Bunbury | headspace Bunbury | 8 Spencer St, Bunbury WA 6230 |
Approved primary care Modified Monash Model (MMM) 3 locations:
MMM 3 Location | Practice Name | Street Address |
Armidale | headspace Armidale | 150 Rusden St, Armidale NSW 2350 |
Cessnock | headspace Cessnock | 122 Vincent Street, Cessnock NSW 2325 |
Tamworth | headspace Tamworth | 2 Darling Street, Tamworth NSW 2340 |
Taree | headspace Taree | 1/101a Pulteney Street, Taree NSW 2430 |
Griffith | headspace Griffith | 1/26 Ulong Street, Griffith NSW 2680 |
Wagga Wagga | headspace Wagga Wagga | 2/185 Morgan Street, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 |
Coffs Harbour | headspace Coffs Harbour | 45-53 Little Street, PO Box 46, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450 |
Grafton | headspace Grafton | 59 Duke Street, Grafton NSW 2460 |
Lismore | headspace Lismore | Southern Cross University Health Clinic Rifle Range Rd, Lismore NSW 2480 |
Port Macquarie | headspace Port Macquarie | Suite 4, 10-12 Short Street, Port Macquarie NSW 2444 |
Goulburn | headspace Goulburn | 13-17 Verner Street, Goulburn NSW 2580 |
Nowra | headspace Nowra | 96 Kinghorne Street, Nowra NSW 2541 |
Bathurst | headspace Bathurst | 102 Keppel Street, PO Box 175, Bathurst NSW 2795 |
Broken Hill | headspace Broken Hill | 231 Blende Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880 |
Dubbo | headspace Dubbo | 23 Church Street, Dubbo NSW 2830 |
Orange | headspace Orange | 264 Peisley Street, Orange NSW 2800 |
Gladstone | headspace Gladstone | Level 1, 147 Goondoon St, Gladstone QLD 4680 |
Gympie | headspace Gympie | Suite 1, 2-4 Horseshoe Bend, Gympie QLD 4570 |
Maryborough | headspace Maryborough | Shop 2b, 118 Lennox Street, Maryborough QLD 4650 |
Mount Barker | headspace Mount Barker | 18 Walker Street, PO Box 1214, Mount Barker SA 5251 |
Mount Gambier | headspace Mount Gambier | 171 Commercial Street East, Boandik Country, Mount Gambier SA 5290 |
Murray Bridge | headspace Murray Bridge | 10 Second Street, PO Box 558, Murray Bridge SA 5253 |
Victor Harbour | headspace Victor Harbour | 10 Crozier Road, Victor Harbor SA 5211 |
Whyalla Norrie | headspace Whyalla | 24-26 Ekblom Street, Whyalla Norrie SA 5608 |
Burnie | headspace Burnie | Level 1, 10 Mount Street, Burnie TAS 7320 |
Devonport | headspace Devonport | Level 1, 35 Oldaker Street, Devonport TAS 7310 |
Morwell | headspace Morwell | Corner of George Street and Hazelwood Road, Morwell VIC 3840 |
Mildura | headspace Mildura | 2/125 Pine Avenue, Mildura VIC 3500 |
Shepparton | headspace Shepparton | 129 High Street, Shepparton VIC 3630 |
Wangaratta | headspace Wangaratta | 44 Rowan Street, Wangaratta VIC 3677 |
Horsham | headspace Horsham | 77 Hamilton Street, Horsham VIC 3400 |
Warrnambool | headspace Warrnambool | Level 1 - 210 Timor Street, Warrnambool VIC 3280 |
Albany | headspace Albany | Shops 9-11 The Link Shopping Centre, St Emilie Way, Albany WA 6330 |
Busselton | headspace Busselton | 7 Harris Road, Busselton WA 6280 |
Geraldton | headspace Geraldton | 193 Marine Terrace, Geraldton WA 6530 |
Kalgoorlie | headspace Kalgoorlie | Level 1, 48 Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie WA 6430 |
Approved primary care Modified Monash Model (MMM) 4 locations:
MMM 4 location | Practice Name | Street Address |
Moree | headspace Moree | 48 Auburn St, PO Box 1499, Moree NSW 2400 |
Gunnedah | headspace Gunnedah | 31 Henry St, Gunnedah NSW 2380 |
Narrabri | headspace Narrabri | 1/116 Barwan Street, PO Box 89, Narrabri NSW 2390 |
Lithgow | headspace Lithgow | 23 Main Street, Lithgow NSW 2790 |
Kempsey | headspace Kempsey | 65 Smith Street, Kempsey NSW 2440 |
Batemans Bay | headspace Batemans Bay | 1/11 Clyde Street, Batemans Bay NSW 2536 |
Yass | headspace Yass | 10 Crago St, Yass NSW 2582 |
Cowra | headspace Cowra | 118a Kendal Street, Cowra NSW 2794 |
Beaudesert | headspace Beaudesert | Shops 6 and 8, 125-143 Brisbane Street, Beaudesert Central Shopping Centre, Beaudesert QLD 4285 |
Emerald | headspace Emerald | 65 Hospital Rd, Emerald QLD 4720 |
Warwick | headspace Warwick | 58 Palmerin Street, Warwick QLD 4370 |
Roma | headspace Roma | 59-61 Arthur Street, Roma QLD 4455 |
Port Augusta | headspace Port Augusta | 16-20 Railway Parade, Port Augusta SA 5700 |
Port Lincoln | headspace Port Lincoln | 19 Oxford Terrace, Port Lincoln SA 5606 |
Bairnsdale | headspace Bairnsdale | 171 Main Street, Bairnsdale VIC 3875 |
Sale | headspace Sale | 453 Raymond Street, Sale VIC 3850 |
Wonthaggi | headspace Wonthaggi | 5b Murray Street, Wonthaggi VIC 3995 |
Echuca | headspace Echuca | 451 High Street, Echuca VIC 3564 |
Swan Hill | headspace Swan Hill | 11 Pritchard Street, Swan Hill VIC 3585 |
Colac | headspace Colac | 15-17 Hart Street, Colac, |
Portland | headspace Portland | Level 1 - 148/150 Percy St, Portland VIC 3305 |
Margaret River | headspace Margaret River | 36 Station Road, Margaret River WA 6285 |
Northam | headspace Northam | 98 Fitzgerald Street East, Northam WA 6401 |
Approved primary care Modified Monash Model (MMM) 5 locations:
MMM 5 location | Practice Name | Street Address |
Bega | headspace Bega | Rooftop Carpark Sapphire Market Place Unit 1, 83 Upper Street, Bega NSW 2550 |
Proserpine | headspace Whitsundays | 41 Main St, Proserpine QLD 4800 |
Sarina | headspace Sarina | 1/71 Broad Street, Sarina QLD 4737 |
Berri | headspace Berri | 3 Riverview Drive, Berri SA 5343 |
Approved primary care Modified Monash Model (MMM) 6 locations:
MMM 6 location | Practice Name | Street Address |
Alice Springs | headspace Alice Springs | 5/74 Todd St, Alice Springs NT 0870 |
Katherine | headspace Katherine | Randazzo Centre, 1/16 Katherine Terrace, Katherine NT 0850 |
Mt Isa | headspace Mount Isa | 1 / 2 West Street, Mount Isa QLD 4825 |
Broome | headspace Broome | Shop A 38 Frederick Street, PO Box 8173, Broome WA 6725 |
Esperance | headspace Esperance | 18 Andrew Street, Esperance WA 6450 |
Hedland | headspace Hedland | Units 20 & 21, 1 Lawson Street Port Hedland WA 6721 |
Karratha | headspace Karratha | 23 Hillview Road, Karratha WA 6714 |
Kununurra | headspace Kununurra | 144 Konkerberry Drive, Kununurra WA 6743 |
Approved primary care Modified Monash Model (MMM) 7 locations:
MMM 7 location | Practice Name | Street Address |
Pilbara | headspace Pilbara | 23 Hillview Road, Karratha WA 6714 |