My question is regarding clarification of billing case conferences for day rehab patients. These patients are ‘admitted’ as inpatients on the day they attend. However, I perform the case c…
read more >If I see patients referred to me in the public clinic, and they are unwell and require admission to hospital at presentation to the clinic as patients with chronic disease sometimes are, do I …
read more >Can vocationally registered (VR) GPs claim any non-urgent after-hour attendance item numbers for admitted inpatients? For example, the “in-consultation room” items 5020/5040. Or are we res…
read more >There is nothing in the MBS to preclude multiple transfusions (item 13706) being provided on the same calendar day and the item number covers three different types of regularly provided tr…
read more >If a patient is discharged from ICU and readmitted within 3 days and we claim a new initial day of ICU management (13870), the claims reject. We find that if we resubmit the claim as item …
read more >The question posed was: “Cardiologist, Dr Z, performs a procedure (permanent pacemaker implant) at hospital A (provider number 1), but would like to see the patient for ongoing care/follow up …
read more >This is a common question. Who should the referrer be in these circumstances?
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Dr A was unsure about correct referral pathways for patients transferred to a private hospital after an episode of care in a public hospital, and how such patients should be billed.
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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…
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