This question came from a psychologist but it applies to everyone who can bill to Medicare. No exceptions.
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read more >This question came from a consumer.
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…
In the last 12 months or so, I’ve had repeated problems with referrals marked “indefinite” by the GP. These will be accepted by Medicare for some time, then randomly start getting rejected. Re…
read more >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…
read more >I was hoping to please clarify which billing code is appropriate for a generally registered psychologist session using a valid mental health treatment plan lasting more than 50 minutes that is…
read more >This physiotherapist was under a misunderstanding that there existed a separate bulk billing law just for allied health professionals.
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read more >The specialist had received a referral from another respiratory physician to perform a bronchoscopy on a patient. The specialist called the patient to discuss the procedure, make them aware of…
read more >The question was posed in the context of public hospital outpatient services where clinicians can bulk bill when exercising a Right of Private Practice providing all other criteria are met. Th…
read more >The questioner added that everything they had read talks about telehealth items only. Their understanding was that the assignment of benefit is only required for consultation items but not for…
read more >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 …
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