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ANTENATAL CARE Antenatal service provided by a midwife, nurse or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitionerif: (a) the service is provided on behalf of, and under the supervision of, a medical practitioner; (b) the service is provided at, or from, a practice location in a regional, rural or remote area; (c) the service is not performed in conjunction with another antenatal attendance item (same patient, same practitioner on the same day); (d) the service is not provided for an admitted patient of a hospital; and to a maximum of 10 service per pregnancy

Fee: $28.35 Benefit: 85% = $24.10

(See para TN.4.1, TN.4.15 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $11.70

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Professional attendance at consulting rooms or a hospital by a specialist in the practice of his or her specialty of obstetrics, after referral of the patient to him or her - each attendance, other than a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of treatment

Fee: $89.00 Benefit: 75% = $66.75 85% = $75.65

(See para TN.4.2 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $57.90

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Professional attendance at consulting rooms or a hospital by a specialist in the practice of his or her specialty of obstetrics after referral of the patient to him or her - each attendance SUBSEQUENT to the first attendance in a single course of treatment.

Fee: $44.75 Benefit: 75% = $33.60 85% = $38.05

(See para AN.0.70, TN.4.2 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $34.75

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Antenatal professional attendance, by an obstetrician or general practitioner, as part of a single course of treatment when the patient is referred by a participating midwife. Payable only once for a pregnancy

Fee: $139.40 Benefit: 75% = $104.55 85% = $118.50

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $113.95

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