Gastroenterology

Do I need a specific referral to admit the patient privately for every episode requiring admission?

27 September 24

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If a patient presents at a public hospital outpatient clinic with a named referral from their GP and needs admission but wants to go to a private hospital, is a new referral required?

27 September 24

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 …

Do you get one item 132 and two item 133’s every 12 months?

31 August 20

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…

Can I bulk bill a Medicare service and charge for a related non-Medicare service simultaneously?

1 August 20

A gastroenterology practice asked whether a service provider providing two services to a patient on the same day, one for which there is an MBS item number, and the other for which there is no…

When I am covering another physician’s inpatients and it’s the first time I see the patient, can I bill an initial consultation?

27 July 20

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…

Can we co-claim a consultation every time we do a bone marrow biopsy?

3 July 20

A haematologist said that he and some colleagues were considering personally performing bone marrow aspirates and trephines (items 30084 and 30087) and explained that the MBS rebates for these…

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Gastroenterology

Do I need a specific referral to admit the patient privately for every episode requiring admission?

If a patient presents at a public hospital outpatient clinic with a named referral from their GP and needs admission but wants to go to a private hospital, is a new referral required?

Do you get one item 132 and two item 133’s every 12 months?

Can I bulk bill a Medicare service and charge for a related non-Medicare service simultaneously?

When I am covering another physician’s inpatients and it’s the first time I see the patient, can I bill an initial consultation?

Can we co-claim a consultation every time we do a bone marrow biopsy?

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