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Can Category 1 Professional Attendance items (e.g., 104, 105, 110, 116) serviced by a registrar, be billed ‘on behalf of’ a specialist or consultant physician if the supervising provider i…
read more >A PICC line insertion is performed by a nurse/nurse practitioner and radiographer, including imaging (Fluoroscopy + Digital Subtraction Angiography of thorax). Post examination, a …
read more >The question posed was: If an ECG is performed during a pre-admission consultation (MBS Item 17610 or 17615) and the criteria of item number 11714 is met, is it permissible to claim both?
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read more >This very common scenario is billed by oncologists and haematologists when delivering chemotherapy via an infuser pump such as a folfox.
The typical scenario is that the patient…
read more >A practice manager for an oncology practice asked whether the oncologists can claim item 14206 even though it is in the assisted reproductive technology (ART) section of the MBS, because it ac…
read more >I am a nephrologist working in both public and private hospitals, including a private dialysis facility. I have private patients on dialysis whom I am responsible for and I supervise their tre…
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 …
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