Context
The emergency specialists (FACEMs) are all accredited and licensed and practicing in public emergency departments (ED) across the country. The hypothetical scenario given was that a patient presents in the usual way to the private ED and is triaged and assessed by onsite nursing staff. If there are no onsite doctors available or they are too busy can the nurse and patient onsite engage in a video consultation with a virtual FACEM and is that claimable to Medicare? The FACEM would assess the patient, make a management plan and either discharge as appropriate or admit to a relevant specialty within the hospital. The clinical record would be produced as per normal and uploaded into the patient record. The Virtual FACEMs would also be accredited by the private ED in the normal way.