The Australian Institute of Medical Administration and Compliance
Doctor A was a respiratory and sleep physician who had been trying to obtain clarity around this question. The question specifically related to weekend cover when doctors are rostered to cover…
read more >Annual enrolment or membership fees have become a controversial feature of bulk billing GP practices in recent years. One example was the now defunct National Health Co-op in the ACT, which publicly…
read more >A gastroenterology practice asked whether a service provider providing two services to a patient on the same day, one for which there is an MBS item number, and the other for which there is no…
read more >A group of haematologists in private practice, who operate across various locations under a single brand with a central point of contact, asked if they could agree to all charge the same fees….
read more >When one physician covers anothers’ inpatients who have already been admitted, but are new to the doctor covering for the weekend, Dr A wanted to know if it is acceptable to bill a 110? Dr A’s…
read more >Billing to Medicare for non-admitted patients in public hospital emergency departments is strictly prohibited, even if patients have private health insurance and are happy to use it. This is p…
read more >An administrator in a public hospital had been advised that they could start billing to Medicare for inpatient services including case conferences.
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read more >Question: For case conferences involving psychiatrists and allied health personnel (item 855 to 866) can the conference include the treating psychiatrist, another psychiatrist known to the pat…
read more >Doctor A was an oncologist who understood that when on leave with a locum covering, Doctor A could continue billing as usual, even though Doctor B was acting as a locum and was providing all s…
read more >A haematologist said that he and some colleagues were considering personally performing bone marrow aspirates and trephines (items 30084 and 30087) and explained that the MBS rebates for these…
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