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Can we charge facility fees to cover the cost of consumables when bulk billing?

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A GP practice wanted to know how to "manage" facility fees for bulk billing patients. The question said that the practice needed to charge this fee to cover the cost of consumables, but the doctors also wanted to bulk bill and be able to claim the full bulk bill incentives. The practice is in a regional area where the bulk bill incentives are highest.

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