If a pathology company fits a BP monitoring device but a GP does the treatment plan, who can claim the item 11607?
2 December 24I am a GP. I have come across an issue with item number 11607. Our pathology company is billing 11607. They fit the patient with an ambulatory bp monitor and send a report to me from a cardiologist stating if the patient has hypertension and a brief recommendation. They do not provide a comprehensive treatment plan, provide any follow up, nor do they actually see the patient. Can the pathology company actually bill this item, or could the GP, as they use pathology to obtain the data and actually sit with the patient and makes recommendations re: medications, lifestyle, follow up and provides a written plan to the patient? Or is it neither can bill this item?
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