Can we bill to Medicare for public inpatients in public hospitals?
10 July 20An 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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Can another psychiatrist, who is known to the patient, be the second participating doctor in a case conference?
10 July 20Question: 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 >Can I bill using my provider number when a locum is covering for me?
10 July 20Doctor 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 >Can we co-claim a consultation every time we do a bone marrow biopsy?
3 July 20A 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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