GP Mental Health Care Plan support tool
Better Access to Mental Health Care (BAMHC):
The new MBS items provide support and remuneration for GPs to undertake early intervention, assessment and management of patients with a mental health disorder:
- A GP Mental Health Care Plan
- Review of a GP Mental Health Care Plan
- A GP Mental Health Consultation
Medicare rebates also apply for up to 6 sessions of psychological interventions provided by appropriately credentialed psychologists, social workers and occupational therapists on referral from a GP. A further 6 sessions (for a total of 12) are available following a review by the referring GP.
Purpose of these webpages:
- Provide information about the Better Access to Mental Health Care program (BAMHC);
- Provide a support tool to assist you with BAMHC program;
- Provide a local service directory listing allied mental health care professionals.
Navigating these webpages:
You can either access information about the BAMHC according to topic, or use the support tool to guide you through the basic stages of the program, from completing a GP Mental Health Care Plan to finding a local MBS-registered allied mental health care professional to refer your patient to.
- For returning visitors, the interactive sitemap provides the quickest overview of the website and access to resources.
- If you would like to save this site to your desktop, simply right click on this page and select the 'Create Shortcut' option.
- If you would like to add this page to your favorites, simply right click on this page and select the 'Add to Favorites...' option.
How long will it take to complete the support tool?
The support tool will prompt you to answer a series of very brief questions. It should take approximately 5-10 minutes to work through.
