General Practice

Can a GP with surgical training bill item 41764?

17 August 20

A general practitioner has asked whether they can claim item 41764 given they have appropriate surgical training to perform the procedure, which is a nasendoscopy/sinoscopy.

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Are annual enrolment or membership fees legal in a bulk billing setting?

1 August 20

Annual enrolment or membership fees have become a controversial feature of bulk billing GP practices in recent years. One example was the now defunct National Health Co-op in the ACT, which publicly…

Can a group of specialists operating under a single brand, but with their own separate practices, agree to charge the same fees?

1 August 20

A group of haematologists in private practice, who operate across various locations under a single brand with a central point of contact, asked if they could agree to all charge the same fees….

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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Can a GP with surgical training bill item 41764?

Are annual enrolment or membership fees legal in a bulk billing setting?

Can a group of specialists operating under a single brand, but with their own separate practices, agree to charge the same fees?

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

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