The Health Insurance Commission (1)
“...benefits payable for medical examinations or tests on a symptomless patient (by that)
patient’s own medical practitioner (in the)
course of normal medical practice (to ensure that)
patient receives any medical advice or treatment necessary to maintain his or her state of health.”
“Medicare benefits are not payable for health screening”
Medicare Forum Mar 1995 Vol.6, No.1 p.4