Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — 5–25 min, out of rooms (item 187)
Professional attendances · Group A7 — Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items
This item has no schedule fee of its own. The fee is calculated from the formula published in the schedule, so any single figure shown here would be misleading.
Conditions in the descriptor
Time requirement as written: “more than 5 minutes but not more than 25 minutes”
Claiming with other items
Explanatory notes · departmental guidance · 9
AN.0.9 Using time-tiered professional (general) attendance items
This note sets out the key common principles that apply when using the time-tiered professional attendance (also referred to as general attendance, time-tiered attendance, and Level A-E attendance) MBS items for general practitioners (GPs),…
AN.0.11 Derived fee items for general practice
Derived fees apply to a range of attendance items that are used when services are provided outside of consulting rooms, including some MBS items used in residential aged care facilities. An item is a derived fee item if the MBS benefit paya…
AN.7.1 Prescribed Medical Practitioners · reviewed 1 Nov 2023
A prescribed medical practitioner is a medical practitioner: (a) who is not a general practitioner (see GN.4.13), specialist or consultant physician, and (b) who: a. is registered under section 3GA of the Act and is practising during the pe…
AN.7.2 GENERAL ATTENDANCE ITEMS – MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND PRESCRIBED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
GENERAL ATTENDANCE ITEMS – MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS1 (MPs) AND PRESCRIBED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS2 (PMPs) Level A Straightforward Level B 5-25 minutes Level C 25+ minutes Level D 45+ minutes Level E 60+ minutes Business hours In consulting rooms…
MN.1.4 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 2
General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives for eligible patients2 – Modified Monash 2 (Regional Centre)3 Applicable BBI Item 10991 75871 75881 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23…
MN.1.5 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 3 and 4
General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives – Modified Monash 3 and 4 (Medium and Large Rural Towns)2 Applicable BBI Item 75855 75873 75882 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23, 36…
MN.1.6 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 5
General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives – Modified Monash 5 (Small Rural Towns)2 Applicable BBI Item 75856 75874 75883 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23, 36, 44, 123 Standar…
MN.1.7 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 6
General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives – Modified Monash 6 (Remote Communities)2 Applicable BBI Item 75857 75875 75884 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23, 36, 44, 123 Standa…
MN.1.8 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 7
General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives – Modified Monash 7 (Very Remote Communities)2 Applicable BBI Item 75858 75876 75885 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23, 36, 44, 123 S…
More in Group A7 — Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items
| Item number | 187 |
|---|---|
| Category | 1 — Professional attendances |
| Group | A7 — Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items |
| Subheading | — |
| Item type | S (schedule code) |
| Fee type | Derived |
| In schedule since | 1 Jul 2018 |
| Fee current from | — |
| GP scope | In scope |
| Safety net | 300% of the Derived fee for this item, or $500, whichever is the lesser amount |
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