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Dear Doctors and Health Care Workers
Thanks to everyone who has reported successful experiences charging gaps for COVID services, following which patients have successfully obtained their Medicare rebates. Whilst interesting, this represents nothing more than how Medicare has …
Dear Doctors and all Health Care Workers
Lots of excellent questions today, many of which will be relevant to all practitioners because they deal (again) with the bulk bill issue, correct use of provider numbers and an update from the Department about signing bulk bill voucher…
Dear Doctors and all Health Care Workers
The key message today is that, despite some excitement around the prospect of all Australians being able to talk to a medical practitioner online for free from next week, we do not know the details and it is not yet law.
Talking ‘f…
Dear Doctors and all Health Care Workers
First an update on the news flash announced in yesterday’s bulletin.
1. The Health Minister announced an extension of vulnerability criteria for Health Professionals.
This mirrors the criteria for vulnerable patients and repre…
Dear Doctors and all Health Care Workers
A new week of COVID MBS billing questions answered. We hope you are all managing OK out there on the frontline.
In addition to questions from specialists, we are now receiving questions from GPs, Nurse Practitioners and Allied Health…
Dear Doctors
Below are the responses to today’s questions, some great news from the Department and a weekly wrap up. Let’s start with some very welcome news from Medicare.
Questions
1.You no longer have to print and retain bulk bill forms AND will not be audited in r…
Dear Doctors,
Below is the next tranche of responses to the excellent questions that arrived before 4.30pm today.
Questions
1. If I have to cancel my consulting room sessions, due to patient concerns (i.e. am a geriatrician), can I offer telehealth consultations from hom…
Dear Doctors,
Below is the next tranche of responses to the excellent questions that arrived before 4.30pm today.
Just as a general point, the COVID MBS item numbers are intended as a stop gap measure in an emergency situation such as this pandemic. They are not designed to…
Dear Doctors,
Thank you for your excellent questions overnight. Please keep them coming. Below are responses to questions that came in before 4.30pm today. We received quite a few of the same question, so I have incorporated those into one, where appropriate. Please note that …
Dear Doctors,
We have been inundated with requests for assistance understanding the new COVID MBS items which we agree are unclear and confusing. Below are answers to the most common questions we have received since Friday. If you have more questions, please send them through …