Australia's Medicare pays for an ultrasound only if it is performed by a doctor or, on a doctor's behalf, by a registered sonographer

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Australia. The diagnostic imaging services table says that, apart from two items, its ultrasound items apply only if the procedure is performed by a medical practitioner or, on a medical practitioner's behalf, by a person entered on the Register of Sonographers kept by Medicare. Read in the compilation in force from 1 July 2026. It is a funding condition on who performs the scan; it does not say who must handle unexpected findings, and it leaves scans outside Medicare unrestricted.

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A funding rule about who performs the scan, not about what happens with a finding.

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