This tool allows RACGP members to enter fees for services they provide. The tool will calculate the patient out-of-pocket amount based on the Medicare rebate. Users can also create custom lists of items they use.

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The RACGP has compiled links to information about the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Medicare compliance so you can easily access these from one central location.

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Access CPD activities relating to regulation and compliance, including webinars, videos and gplearning modules. Additional activities will be added to this page over the coming months, as the RACGP has been funded by DoHDA to deliver a two-year Medicare CPD program for members.

Webinars

Understanding Medicare: Fundamentals and Compliance Essentials for GPs – July 2026

Mandatory reporting – April 2026

gplearning modules

Reducing your risk of Medicare non-compliance

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PBS editorials

DoHDA is developing a series of editorials on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) topics, which will be added here as they are released.

Prescriber Bag ordering – released August 2026

Regulation and Compliance newsGP articles

A collection of notable newsGP stories on regulation and compliance topics. While this list is updated regularly, please keep an eye on newsGP directly for the latest news.

Joint call for temporary lift to 30/20 telehealth rule – 30 July 2026

RACGP warns against ‘Robodebt style’ automated decision-making – 28 July 2026

GPs secure assignment of benefit win – 18 June 2026

RACGP ‘working to find a way forward’ amid assignment of benefit concerns – 5 June 2026

Concerns remain over new assignment of benefits laws – 27 May 2026

‘Significant concerns’ over AI use for Medicare compliance – 27 April 2026

DoHDA reveals 2026 compliance watchlist – 27 March 2026

AHPRA gears up for more notifications – 19 March 2026

Record number of complaints about AHPRA – 20 November 2025

Steps made towards ‘compassionate regulation’: AHPRA – 11 November 2025

PSR orders doctors to repay more than $27m – 27 October 2025

DoHDA to send ‘early intervention letters’ in October – 10 October 2025

AHPRA should not handle minor complaints: Review – 15 September 2025

What constitutes inappropriate practice? PSR boss speaks out – 25 July 2025

Health Department speaks on Medicare compliance – 14 July 2025

AHPRA enacts power to publicly name practitioners – 18 June 2025

‘Early intervention letters’ sent for overseas MBS claims – 2 June 2025

AHPRA CEO: ‘The system isn’t working as it should’ – 2 June 2025

Warning letters on the way for overseas MBS claims – 30 April 2025

Go-to Medicare guide aims to arm GPs with confidence – 26 November 2024

Submissions to government and other stakeholders on regulation and compliance topics.

Joint RACGP/AMA letter – Amendments to 30/20 rule – July 2026

Health Insurance Amendment (Incentive Payments and Other Measures) Bill 2026 – July 2026

ANAO audit – Using artificial intelligence to manage health provider non-compliance – April 2026

Investigation into delay and procedural safeguards for health practitioners subject to immediate action – April 2025

Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 – March 2025

Review of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (Complexity Review) Consultation paper 1 – October 2024

Review of MBS health assessment items – September 2024

Inquiry into the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 – September 2024

Future of government services – August 2024

Ahpra’s Criminal history registration standard – July 2024

Proposed reforms to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law regarding professional misconduct and protections for notifiers – February 2024

Assignment of benefit process for bulk billed GP services – December 2023

Review of the Criminal history registration standard and other work to improve public safety in health regulation – September 2023

Possible changes to the National Boards’ English language skills requirements – September 2023

Submission to Ahpra on the new power to issue interim prohibition orders (IPOs) – September 2023

Inquiry into the Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review Scheme) Bill 2023 – July 2023

The Regulation and Compliance portfolio is supported by the RACGP Regulation and Compliance Working Group, a sub-group of the RACGP Expert Committee – Funding and Health System Reform (REC-FHSR). The Working Group meets quarterly and is chaired by Dr Tony Bayliss.

The purpose of the Working Group is to provide advice and direction on:

• the administrative and regulatory burden in general practice
• Medicare compliance processes and campaigns
• simplification of Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item descriptors/explanatory notes to reduce complexity
• the development of educational information and resources for members on common areas of Medicare billing confusion
• Ahpra processes
• the impact of investigations on practitioner wellbeing.