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COVID MBS items Newsflash! No. 54, 18 September 2020

18 Sep 2020

Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers

Newsflash!

Extension of telehealth announcement was officially made today. We will pour over the details in the coming days but here it is straight from the MBS website at this link.
“Extension of the temporary telehealth and phone co…

COVID MBS items Explainer and FAQs, No. 53, 10 September 2020

10 Sep 2020

Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers

As we approach the legislated Covid item sunset date of 30 September 2020, the question on everybody’s lips is – are the Covid items going to continue beyond that date?

No formal announcements yet, but we hear on the grapevine there …

COVID MBS items, Major Changes from Monday, No. 50, 17 July 2020

17 Jul 2020

Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers

We hope you have all be keeping well, and to our colleagues in Victoria, please know that we are thinking of you.

This, our 50th Covid bulletin, heralds huge changes affecting GPs from Monday, and the relevant Determination hit the regis…

COVID MBS items Explainer and FAQs, No. 29, 17 April 2020

18 Apr 2020

Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers

Is it still acceptable to say, ‘happy Friday?’ Or is that now so pre-COVID?

Before answering today’s questions, we at Synapse just want to end the week by saying we hope you are all travelling well, and we thank you again, over and…

COVID MBS Billing News Flash! No. 20, 5 April 2020

5 Apr 2020

Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers

News flash!

The government has been busy over the weekend, enacting the below raft of Determinations

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – COVID-19 Telehealth and Telephone Attendances) Amendment Determination 20…

COVID MBS items Special Edition Nurse Practitioners, No. 19, 4 April 2020

5 Apr 2020

Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers

Following on from yesterday’s bulletin, as promised, this is an explainer on the law around who can request COVID pathology tests.

We have been informed that some pathology companies, who are probably themselves struggling to keep up w…

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