I am a nurse practitioner, working in a Residential Aged Care Facility. Recently, there was some upheaval around the assignment of benefit (AoB) for consults provided by GPs in RACFs. Due to t…
read more >I’m now endorsed as a Nurse Practitioner. I’m just in the process of applying for my new provider numbers etc. I already hold qualifications (and provider numbers) as a Dietitian and Credentia…
read more >I received a mailer from the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners saying the Medicare 30/20 telehealth rule applies to Nurse Practitioners. Then a colleague (an NP) told me it doesn’t. Ca…
read more >From 1 March 2026 we nurse practitioners got access to a new tranche of MBS items for patient end support during a telehealth consult with a specialist. Can we claim these items for admitted p…
read more >Do the 12 month face-to-face rule exemptions apply to ANY child under 12 months (any time from anywhere), as well as ANY sexual health diagnosis and ANY homeless person.
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read more >I am a psychiatrist and have received a referral for a patient from a Nurse Practitioner. Is this a valid referral?
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read more >There is an exemption to the existing relationship rule (i.e. you have to have a face-to-face consult with the patient in the last 12 months) for sexual and reproductive health services. A que…
read more >Sometimes there are no GPs available but we do have nurse practitioners onsite at our RACF. When a patient is having a telehealth consult with a specialist and a registered or enrolled nurse i…
read more >Having read your PhD thesis, I am curious as to whether section 51(xxiiiA.) of the Australian Constitution applies to services provided by nurse practitioners (NP) because it refers to “medica…
read more >There are telehealth companies using the sexual and reproductive health exemption to offer MBS funded pathology tests but some of them don’t do a consult beforehand. They basically just sell a…
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