Recall patients in your practice to screen for risk of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
NOTE: This metric is available to our Best Practice software integration customers.
The metrics in this cabinet can be used to increase screening for risk of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) such as heart attack or stroke in your active patient database.
Eligibility for a Heart Health Assessment (item 699 and non-VR item 177) applies to patients aged 30 years or older. Patients will not appear on this list if they have had any Health Assessment services billed in the past 12 months. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, where a 715 has been provided within the previous nine months, a Heart Health Assessment should not be claimed unless determined clinically relevant by the provider - See note. Always share these lists with your Practitioners for billing decisions.
You can navigate to this metric by going to Clinic optimisation > Item optimisation > Item 699
NOTE: Previously, patients identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples were ineligible for a Heart Health Check if they had received a Health Assessment (items 715, 228, 92004, 92011) in the past 12 months. However, on July 1, 2023, this MBS Online fact sheet was released, removing this restriction from both the MBS and the list below. Please use the filters to select the patient cohort as directed by the patient's Usual Practitioner. Note that this item number is temporary and will be available until June 30 2025.
TOP TIP! The Heart Foundation has created a Toolkit for General Practice to help integrate the Heart Health Check into routine patient care. You can access this Toolkit here.
Possible item 699 billings
This metric shows the value of billings that could be made from the patients who may be eligible for a 699 Health Assessment. The total is based on the MBS fee schedule and will not take into account any gap fees charged.
No. of patients for item 699
This metric shows the number of patients eligible for an item 699 who have not had any Health Assessments in the past 12 months.
TOP TIP! Download our Heart Health Check Workflow resource to help implement providing Heart Health Checks in your practice.
List of eligible patients for item 699
This table shows a list of patients who are potentially eligible for item 699 (and non-VR item 177).
Eligibility for a Heart Health Assessment (item 699 and non-VR item 177) applies to patients aged 30 years or older. Patients will not appear on this list if they have had any Health Assessment services billed in the past 12 months. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, where a 715 has been provided within the previous nine months, a Heart Health Assessment should not be claimed unless determined clinically relevant by the provider - See note. Always share these lists with your Practitioners for billing decisions.
You can use the filter 'Patients with 3+ appts in 2 yrs' to see only your RACGP Active Patients in the list.
To show patients who are not eligible for other health assessments, use the 'Exclude Patients eligible for other Health Assessments' filter.
Filter by age bracket or Ethnicity to search for specific demographics. 
Additional resources
- MBS Online - Item 699
- Heart Health Check Workflow
- Heart Foundation - Heart Health Check toolkit