How do in-hospital referrals work?
20 January 21GA 2021/0126 Answer In a complex and opaque way unfortunately, with legal grey areas….
read more >Can I rely on answers from [email protected]?
10 January 21GA 2021/0125 Answer No. Context Doctor B had received written advice from askMBS which…
read more >Can I bill to Medicare when a patient is in Australia but I am overseas?
8 January 21GA 2020/065 Answer No. Context Doctor A asked what happens when the treating doctor…
read more >Can I bill to Medicare when my patient is overseas but I am in Australia?
8 January 21GA 2020/066 Answer No. Context Doctor A wanted to know whether billing to Medicare…
read more >How do I bill for a 3 day course of chemotherapy delivered via a pump?
18 December 20OH 2020/063 Answer One service can be billed on day 1, nothing on day…
read more >In a public hospital outpatient clinic does a referral to “Dear Specialist” enable Medicare bulk billing?
21 September 20GA 2020/0924 Answer No. Context Question: If a clinic receives a referral to “Dear…
read more >Does the patient have to sign the bulk bill voucher?
21 September 20BB 2020/061 Answer Yes Context Whether patients need to sign something when being bulk…
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 a GP with surgical training bill item 41764?
17 August 20GP 2020/0611 Answer Probably not. Context A general practitioner has asked whether he can…
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