29 October 2019 - Women with or suspected of having breast cancer will be able to claim Medicare benefits for magnetic resonance imaging scans, from 1 November 2019.

Approximately 14,000 patients each year, predominantly women, will benefit from these services.

Medicare rebates will be available for MRI scans for:

• Diagnosis of breast cancer in patients where other imaging was inconclusive and a biopsy has not been possible; and
• Pre-surgical planning for patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, where there is discrepancy between clinical assessment and conventional imaging assessment.

Read Minister of Health press release