Is There a Fundamental Problem in the MBS?

GPs will tell you that anything that they do that adds quality during a consultation costs them or their practice's income, right? The whole system is geared basically to throughput. So one of the things doctors' groups have been calling for for a while and it's reflected in the task force is we have what you call a level E consult. You have an additional consult item in the MBS for 60 minute plus consults,. That would provide extra incentive and reward for GPs who do this long time work. After the 41st minute, the doctors then loosing money. There's a very fast decay rate. It often takes a GP to sit down with victims and step through a range