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It was my understanding that we can’t bill items 145, 147, 128 over the phone in nursing homes. Is this still correct or do we have numbers equivalent that we can bill for consultations over t…
read more >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 >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 >A hospital billing manager asked: If we have a public inpatient that is discharged from the brain injury unit to the outpatient clinic for follow up (at this point no previous Medicare billing…
read more >Dr A was a rehabilitation physician who wanted to know if they could claim items 170, 171 and 172 for family meetings. Dr A understood that geriatricians and other physicians use these items …
read more >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…
read more >Question: If the same treating rehab physician sees a patient following discharge in their outpatient rooms, can this be billed as a 132 (obviously with a relevant referral), or is it a 133/11…
read more >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…
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