From July 1 2025, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing implemented changes to the MBS Chronic Disease Management Framework. These changes are in response to the MBS Review Taskforce and aim to:
Simplify, streamline, and modernise the arrangements for health care professionals and patients
Promote continuity of care
Encourage the regular review of chronic condition management plans
Support communications between a patient’s multidisciplinary care team
Ensure existing patients can continue to access the care they need.
Key changes include:
Replacing the GP Management Plan and Team Care Arrangements with a single GP Chronic Condition Management Plan
Encouraging management plan reviews by:
Equalising the fees for developing and reviewing plans
Requiring patients to have their plan established or reviewed in the last 18 months so they can retain access to allied health and other services
Requiring patients registered for MyMedicare to access management plans through the practice where they are registered. Patients who aren’t registered will be able to access management plans through their usual GP.
Referral letters replace existing allied health referral forms
