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Are GPs legally required to name referrals for patients they send to public hospital outpatient departments?

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We have been told that we must make GPs put a name (of a specialist) on their referrals so that we can bill Medicare for patients we see as public outpatients. Some GPs refuse to do this. What's the legal position?

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