Under the reform to the Assignment of Benefit procedures (as outlined in Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Assignment of Medicare Benefits) Bill 2024 and subsequent instruments), it is n…
read more >I am a FACEM doing short shifts for a virtual emergency care provider. I am paid an hourly rate for each shift irrespective of whether patients turn up or not. It is like an on call fee and not conn…
read more >I know you can’t charge separate gaps when you bulk bill but I thought you could charge separately for consumables such as a splint that I might provide to the patient. Is that right?
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read more >MBS Note AN.0.12 states that “practitioners who accept assigned benefits must claim from Services Australia using either Claim for Assigned Benefits form DB1N or DB1H. Are these forms required…
read more >If a patient has treatment on Monday-Friday, could they just sign on the Friday for all events that week? Or do they have to sign the bulk bill voucher every day at the end of treatment?
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read more >Patients requiring radiation oncology therapy may require daily treatment over several weeks. Are they required to consent to assign their benefit for every radiation oncology appointment?
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read more >I am a nurse practitioner (NP) and am locked in a debate with my public hospital employer/management about MBS billing of NP services provided to public hospital outpatients. Is this allowed?
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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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I am an inpatient in a private mental health unit in a private hospital. I am under an inpatient psychiatrist. While I am an inpatient, I have a telehealth…
This questioner said that every time they called Medicare about this, they received different advice and were concerned they may be billing incorrectly. The setting was outpatient sleep studies whic…
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