When a private health insurance policy holder dies, shouldn’t the private insurer cover immediate post-death services such as transfer of the deceased to a morgue?
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read more >Can medical specialists charge patients a separate administration/facility/booking fee before they are admitted to hospital for their procedure in the context where claims will be submitted to…
read more >More and more private health insurers are including GP telehealth services in their policies, but I thought it was illegal for PHIs to cover GP services. Is this legal?
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read more >I have heard that you can buy a hospital policy from one private insurer and an extras policy from another. Is that legal?
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read more >It is very common that doctors describe AMA fees as being “recommended fee”, but I wanted to check whether that was correct. I have recently heard it may not be.
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read more >There are relatively new inpatient telehealth items for psychiatrists. We are not sure if we should bill them only to Medicare or if they are covered under the private health insurer’s gapcove…
read more >What happens to billing of a private patient in a public hospital who undergoes solid organ (other than kidney) transplantation? There is no MBS item billable for this so it can’t be billed to…
read more >I’m working as a surgical assistant. I sometimes charge the patient a gap. My registration with each fund is ‘known gap’. As an example – Bupa pays $386 for assisting a 49518. I want to …
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…
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…
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