Medicare Benefits Schedule - Note AN.0.77

This item refers to family group therapy supervised by consultant psychiatrists. A formal intervention is undertaken with a specific therapeutic outcome, such as security of attachment, improved family interaction and/or communication. A child less than twelve months can count as a patient for the purposes of this item if the child has been separately referred for this service and the above criteria are met.

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Group psychotherapy (including any associated consultations with a patient taking place on the same occasion and relating to the condition for which group therapy is conducted) of not less than 1 hour in duration given under the continuous direct supervision of a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty of psychiatry, involving a family group of 2 patients, each of whom is referred to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner-each patient

Fee: $108.15 Benefit: 75% = $81.15 85% = $91.95

(See para AN.0.5, AN.0.25, AN.0.76, AN.0.77, AN.40.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)