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How to Run AOB Under the New Rules

By Coviu on September 2026
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The Assignment of Benefit rules changed on 1 July 2026, and most clinics have not changed anything about how they work. You can now collect a patient's assignment before the service takes place, against a broad service category rather than an exact MBS item. For some clinics that removes a daily piece of admin. For others, nothing needs to change at all.
Join our webinar for a practical walkthrough and live Q&A to work out which approach suits your clinic.
✔️ What Changed: Pre-assignment and post-assignment side by side, and where each one holds up
✔️ Basic Service Descriptions: Why a change in MBS item does not always mean a new assignment
✔️ Compliance: Signature validity, electronic consent, patient copies, and the two year retention rule
✔️ Q&A: Get your questions answered in real time by the Coviu team
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Topics: Assignment of Benefit
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