Can item 11714 (ECG) be co-claimed with item 17610 or 17615 (pre-anaesthetic consultations) prior to admission?
24 February 21GA 2021/0229 Answer Yes, in our opinion, but not as a modus operandi. Context…
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If a public inpatient is discharged and then referred back to the hospital outpatient clinic by the GP (so, no previous Medicare billing), can I bill item 132 if I spend more than an hour with the patient?
28 January 21GA 2021/0127 Answer No. Context A hospital billing manager asked: If we have a…
read more >Can rehabilitation physicians claim items 170-172 for family meetings?
28 January 21RM 2020/0714 Answer No. Context Dr A was a rehabilitation physician who had heard…
read more >Can I take over a named referral in a public hospital outpatient setting if I am of the same specialty?
22 January 21RM 2020/067 Answer Yes. Context Doctor A was a rehabilitation physician working in a…
read more >Do you get one item 132 and two item 133’s every 12 months?
31 August 20GA 2020/0822 Answer No. Context Doctor A worked in a public hospital outpatient department…
read more >Are inpatient and outpatient episodes considered as separate for billing purposes, so that when a patient is discharged a new episode of care automatically commences?
26 August 20GA 2020/0823 Answer No. Context Question: If the same treating rehab physician sees a…
read more >Can we bill to Medicare for public inpatients in public hospitals?
10 July 20GA 2020/0717 Answer No. Context An administrator in a public hospital had been incorrectly…
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