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If an on-call obstetrician attends a delivery on behalf of the primary obstetrician (perhaps because they are unavailable at that time), should the on-call obstetrician bill with Medicare and …
read more >Obstetrician A is going overseas. Obstetrician A’s patients due for delivery while she is away will be looked after by Obstetrician B for antenatal visits billing 16500. Obstetrician B usually…
read more >A specialist doctor asked how the various specialists below should claim for their services in this very common scenario.
Patient attends the Emergency Department (ED). The ED Dr refers…
read more >Doctor A asked what happens when the treating doctor goes overseas for a week of conference leave while the patient is midway through a course of treatment such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy…
read more >Doctor A worked in a public hospital outpatient department where they exercised a right of private practice. They thought that they were not automatically permitted to bill item 132 every 12 m…
read more >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 >Question: Wanting to confirm that if a patient is on a chemotherapy regime at a hospital and the doctor goes on holiday, can we still bill the treatment under the doctor’s provider number, as …
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 >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…
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