As an obstetrician running an ultrasound practice, what conditions need to be fulfilled to bill for a consultation as well as the referred imaging service when attending and performing complex…
read more >We are trying to bill a preputioplasty. Would item numbers 30658 and 45203 work for this?Â
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read more >If 92210 is the telehealth equivalent of item 599, does this mean the doctor would also have to visit the patient, or open the consulting rooms? I am very confused by this.
I asked AskMBS and…
I work in an ICU with separately rostered day and evening / night shift intensivists who are in person and conduct an evening ward round. Can the evening intensivist bill a 110 or 116 item num…
read more >What happens to billing of a private patient in a public hospital who undergoes solid organ (other than kidney) transplantation? There is no MBS item billable for this so it can’t be billed to…
read more >How site specific are provider numbers? e.g. do you need a different provider number for a satellite clinic directly across the road from the main hospital which you already have a provider nu…
read more >The questioner had received this advice which was wrong.
“Thank you for your enquiry regarding the revised item descriptor for item 45518, that will come into effect from 1 July 2023.The rati…
Can a medical practice registered as a Unit Trust charge a user fee to patients along with the doctors’ fees, if the doctor does not bulk bill that visit.
e.g. For an initial visit with an Ob…
We have been informed that a GP re-referral for “ongoing care” where no duration is specified should be interpreted as an INDEFINITE REFERRAL. We do not think this is sufficient for something …
read more >Is a verbal consent noted in the patient’s file enough? If a bulk billed patient has to provide consent by signature for items put through to Medicare this creates additional admin work, in particul…
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