MBS item 6024 ==== Addiction medicine specialist review (20+ minutes) of a patient with 2+ morbidities, assessing initial problems, treatment responses, diagnoses, and providing updated management plan to referring doctor; limited to 2 per 12 months, following initial… Category 1 · Professional attendances[Group A31 · subgroup 1](/groups/A31)Referred Schedule fee$160.50 100% benefitGP, out of hospital— 85% benefitOut of hospital$136.45 75% benefitIn hospital$120.40 The schedule fee for MBS item 6024 is $160.50. Medicare pays $136.45 (85%) out of hospital, or $120.40 (75%) for a privately admitted patient in hospital. Fee effective 1 July 2026. Gap for what you charge ----------------------- Your fee$ Out of hospitalIn hospital (private) Medicare pays$136.45 Patient gap$24.05 Bulk billing means accepting $136.45 as full payment, with no gap and no extra charges. [Add incentives](/bulk-billing?item=6024) Extended Medicare Safety Net cap: $481.50 (300% of the schedule fee, up to $500.00). Once a patient reaches the EMSN threshold, the extra benefit for this item is 80% of their out-of-pocket cost, but no more than this cap. [How safety nets work](/guides/medicare-safety-nets) Item descriptor --------------- Professional attendance by an addiction medicine specialist in the practice of the addiction medicine specialist's specialty of at least 20 minutes, after the first attendance in a single course of treatment for a review of a patient with at least 2 morbidities if: (a) a review is undertaken that covers: (i) review of initial presenting problems and results of diagnostic investigations; and (ii) review of responses to treatment and medication plans initiated at time of initial consultation; and (iii) comprehensive multi or detailed single organ system assessment; and (iv) review of original and differential diagnoses; and (b) the modified addiction medicine specialist treatment and management plan is provided to the referring practitioner, which involves, if appropriate: (i) a revised opinion on diagnosis and risk assessment; and (ii) treatment options and decisions; and (iii) revised medication recommendations; and (c) an attendance on the patient to which item 104, 105, 110, 116, 119, 132, 133, 6018, 6019, 91825, 92422, 92423, 92440 or 92443 applies did not take place on the same day by the same addiction medicine specialist; and (d) a service to which item 6023 applies was provided to the patient by the same addiction medicine specialist or a locum tenens in the preceding 12 months; and (e) not more than 2 services to which this item applies have been provided to the patient by the same addiction medicine specialist or a locum tenens in any 12 month period [Explanatory notes and rules on MBS Online ↗](https://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=item&q=6024) Health fund and DVA rates ------------------------- Total fee each scheme recognises for this item in hospital. StateNSWVICQLDSAWATASACTNT Guides ------ - [How Medicare benefits work: schedule fees, 75%, 85% and 100%](/guides/how-medicare-benefits-work) - [Medicare safety nets explained: original and extended (EMSN) thresholds for 2026](/guides/medicare-safety-nets) - [In-hospital billing: the 75% benefit, the 25% fund benefit, and no-gap and known-gap schemes](/guides/in-hospital-billing-and-gap-cover) - [Bulk billing incentives and BBPIP explained: 2026 amounts by MM area](/guides/bulk-billing-incentives) - [The MBS multiple operation rule and surgical assistant fees](/guides/multiple-operation-rule) - [Assignment of benefit for bulk billing: the changes from 1 July 2026](/guides/assignment-of-benefit-2026) - [MBS telehealth rules: the eligible telehealth practitioner and phone items](/guides/mbs-telehealth-rules) - [GP chronic condition management plans: items 965 and 967 explained](/guides/chronic-condition-management-plans) - [Medicare billing compliance: claim time limits, records and the 80/20 rule](/guides/medicare-billing-compliance) Data source: [Australian Government Medicare Benefits Schedule](https://www.mbsonline.gov.au/) · Record updated 1 September 2026. Health fund rates come from each fund's published schedule. Verify item descriptors, rules and fees on [MBS Online](https://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=item&q=6024) before billing. This is a reference tool, not billing or financial advice.