Terminology
DMMR and HMR are the same service
If you have been searching for a DMMR provider and finding pages about Home Medicines Reviews, nothing is wrong. They are two names for one service, and which name gets used depends only on which side of the funding you are looking at.
Why there are two names
One service, two programs paying for it.
Domiciliary Medication Management Review is the term used in the MBS. It is the word in the item 900 and item 245 descriptors and in the explanatory notes. It is what you claim.
Home Medicines Review is the name of the program run by the Pharmacy Programs Administrator that pays the pharmacist. It is what the pharmacist claims.
Same patient, same visit, same report. If you are a GP the paperwork says DMMR. If you are a patient, everyone will call it a Home Medicines Review.
The names you will see
| DMMR | Domiciliary Medication Management Review. MBS items 900 and 245. |
|---|---|
| HMR | Home Medicines Review. The PPA program that pays the pharmacist. |
| Home medication review | Informal. Same thing. Common in patient searches. |
| RMMR | Residential Medication Management Review. MBS item 903. Aged care, not this. |
| MedsCheck | A shorter in-pharmacy check. Different program, not a substitute. |
Not the same as
Where a DMMR sits against the other medication reviews.
| Review | Where | Who refers | MBS item | Typical length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMMR / HMR | The patient's own home | GP | 900 or 245 | 45 to 60 minutes |
| RMMR | Residential aged care facility | GP | 903 or 249 | Varies |
| MedsCheck | In the pharmacy | No referral needed | None | Around 15 minutes |
The difference that matters is not the length, it is the setting. A home visit is the only one of the three where the pharmacist can open the cupboard, find the two brands of the same thing, the anti-inflammatory bought at the supermarket, and the box of something a specialist started in 2019 that nobody has revisited since.
Those are the findings that do not appear on any list, and they are the reason the program exists.
Who does them
A credentialed pharmacist, working to your referral.
The MBS descriptor still uses the older phrase “accredited pharmacist”. The Program Rules use credentialed pharmacist. They mean the same person. Since 1 January 2026 the credential has to be one accredited by the Australian Pharmacy Council, and the pharmacist has to hold a current Medication Review Number to be paid at all.
You keep the prescribing
A reviewing pharmacist cannot change a prescription. They write to you with findings and suggestions and you decide what happens.
Report back in 7 days
From the visit, not from the referral. Then a short call to discuss it, which is what item 900 requires of you.
90 days to use it
The interview has to happen inside 90 days of your referral date or the service cannot be paid for.
Refer a DMMR
Templates for Best Practice, MedicalDirector and Zedmed, or a letter on your own letterhead. Whichever is less work.