If I see patients referred to me in the public clinic, and they are unwell and require admission to hospital at presentation to the clinic as patients with chronic disease sometimes are, do I …
read more >Can vocationally registered (VR) GPs claim any non-urgent after-hour attendance item numbers for admitted inpatients? For example, the “in-consultation room” items 5020/5040. Or are we res…
read more >There is nothing in the MBS to preclude multiple transfusions (item 13706) being provided on the same calendar day and the item number covers three different types of regularly provided tr…
read more >If a patient is discharged from ICU and readmitted within 3 days and we claim a new initial day of ICU management (13870), the claims reject. We find that if we resubmit the claim as item …
read more >This FACEM was planning to open a walk-in emergency clinic similar to a GP urgent care centre. Importantly, this would not be an approved private emergency department (ED).
The following …
When a podiatrist has received a referral from a GP to be involved in a coordinated care plan, can their receptionist sign the acceptance of the referral?
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read more >At our practice we do not hold the billing, and we charge item 723 on the same day as the GPMP (721). I have heard of other practices who withhold the 723 billing until signed faxes are exchanged wi…
read more >This is a common question. Who should the referrer be in these circumstances?
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