FOI 26-1953 – Medicare Modelling Advice

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This FOI release contains Medicare modelling advice covering proposed and current MBS services with financial projections spanning 2024-2029. The documents include benefit schedules showing Item 1 services at $21.80 per service, implementation scheduled for 3 November 2025, with total projected spend of $47 million. Modelling forecasts bulk billing incentive impacts across multiple years, tracking metrics including average out-of-pocket costs, new bulk billing payments, incentive payment costs, and financial impacts. Geographic analysis identifies target SA3 regions across multiple states including Victoria, NSW, and Tasmania, with remoteness classifications ranging from major cities to rural areas (remoteness scores 1-5). Several tables appear incomplete with data fields redacted under s47D and s47E(d) provisions. The documents show probabilistic forecasting with "very likely" (2255), "likely" (2559), and "unlikely" (1820