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COVID MBS items Explainer and FAQs, No. 48, 18 June 2020

18 Jun 2020

Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers

An important question today, relating to billing for Australian Medicare eligible persons who are overseas at the time the service is provided. Here’s the answer.

1.  I saw in a previous Billing FAQs that you cannot bill Medicare if t…

COVID MBS items Explainer and FAQs, No. 47, 10 June 2020

10 Jun 2020

Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers

Firstly, thank you all for your ongoing generous words of thanks and support. It is greatly appreciated. I am committed to answering ALL of your questions, yes really. But many are now non-Covid questions all of which are in the queue to be…

COVID MBS items Explainer and FAQs, No. 46, 3 June 2020

3 Jun 2020

Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers

Just one question today requesting a clarification about the legalities around billing while overseas.

Here is the original question and answer posted on 1 June 2020.

If I am overseas (don’t know when I can be), and I video conferen…

COVID MBS items Explainer and FAQs, No. 45, 1 June 2020

1 Jun 2020

Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers

Welcome to winter!

Some good questions today about retrospective billing, rejected claims and billing while overseas.

Here’s the answers.

1.  I think it was about 30 March when GP Telehealth items became available for all patien…