If Doctor A writes a named referral to Doctor B from Doctor A’s private rooms to a public hospital outpatient clinic and through the triage process Doctor A is assigned the patient to treat in the public hospital outpatient clinic can MBS be claimed?

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If Doctor A writes a named referral to Doctor B from Doctor A’s private rooms to a public hospital outpatient clinic and through the triage process Doctor A is assigned the patient to treat in the public hospital outpatient clinic can MBS be claimed? Would the referral from the private rooms be able to be utilised in billing as the referring Doctor and treating Doctor are the same but have different provider numbers.

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