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Professional attendance for the purpose of providing focussed psychological strategies services for an assessed mental disorder by a social worker registered with Medicare Australia as meeting the credentialing requirements for provision of this service, lasting for at least 60 minutes duration where the patients are referred by a medical practitioner, as part of a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan or as part of a shared care plan; or referred by a medical practitioner (including a general practitioner, but not a specialist or consultant physician) who is managing the patient under a referred psychiatrist assessment and management plan; or referred by a specialist or consultant physician in the practice of his or her field of psychiatry or paediatrics if:

• the attendance is by video conference; and
• the patient is not an admitted patient; and
• the patient is located within a telehealth eligible area; and
• the patient is, at the time of the attendance, at least 15 kilometres by road from the social worker.

Group focussed psychological strategies delivered by video conference are time limited, being deliverable in up to ten planned sessions in a calendar year (including services to which items 80021, 80121, 80146 and 80171 apply).

Group focussed psychological strategies delivered by video conference time limits include the maximum ten planned sessions in a calendar year services to which items 80020, 80120, 80145 and 80170 apply.

GROUP THERAPY with a group of 6 to 10 patients, EACH PATIENT

Fee: $22.70 Benefit: 85% = $19.30

(See para MN.7.2 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $68.10

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A professional attendance lasting less than 20 minutes (whether or not continuous) by a participating midwife that requires the provision of clinical support to a patient who:

a) is participating in a video consultation with a specialist practising in his or her speciality of obstetrics or a specialist or consultant physician practising in his or her speciality of paediatrics; and

b) is not an admitted patient; and

c) is located:

(i) both:

(A) within a telehealth eligible area; and

(B) at the time of the attendance - at least 15 kms by road from the specialist or consultant physician mentioned in paragraph (a); or

(ii) in Australia if the patient is a patient of:

(A) an Aboriginal Medical Service; or

(B) an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service for which a direction made under subsection 19(2) of the Act applies.

Telehealth Item

Fee: $28.75 Benefit: 85% = $24.45

(See para MN.12.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $86.25

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A professional attendance lasting at least 20 minutes (whether or not continuous) by a participating midwife that requires the provision of clinical support to a patient who:

a) is participating in a video consultation with a specialist practising in his or her speciality of obstetrics or a specialist or consultant physician practising in his or her speciality of paediatrics; and

b) is not an admitted patient; and

c) is located:

(i) both:

(A) within a telehealth eligible area; and

(B) at the time of the attendance - at least 15 kms by road from the specialist or consultant physician mentioned in paragraph (a); or

(ii) in Australia if the patient is a patient of:

(A) an Aboriginal Medical Service; or

(B) an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service for which a direction made under subsection 19(2) of the Act applies.

Telehealth Item

Fee: $54.55 Benefit: 85% = $46.40

(See para MN.12.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $163.65

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A professional attendance lasting at least 40 minutes (whether or not continuous) by a participating midwife that requires the provision of clinical support to a patient who:

a) is participating in a video consultation with a specialist practising in his or her speciality of obstetrics or a specialist or consultant physician practising in his or her speciality of paediatrics; and

b) is not an admitted patient; and

c) is located:

(i) both:

(A) within a telehealth eligible area; and

(B) at the time of the attendance - at least 15 kms by road from the specialist or consultant physician mentioned in paragraph (a); or

(ii) in Australia if the patient is a patient of:

(A) an Aboriginal Medical Service; or

(B) an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service for which a direction made under subsection 19(2) of the Act applies.

Telehealth Item

Fee: $80.20 Benefit: 85% = $68.20

(See para MN.12.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $240.60

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A professional attendance lasting less than 20 minutes (whether or not continuous) by a participating nurse practitioner that requires the provision of clinical support to a patient who:

a) is participating in a video consultation with a specialist or consultant physician; and

b) is not an admitted patient; and

c) is located:

(i) both:

(A) within a telehealth eligible area; and

(B) at the time of the attendance - at least 15 kms by road from the specialist or consultant physician mentioned in paragraph (a); or

(ii) in Australia if the patient is a patient of:

(A) an Aboriginal Medical Service; or

(B) an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service for which a direction made under subsection 19(2) of the Act applies.

Telehealth Item

Fee: $28.75 Benefit: 85% = $24.45

(See para MN.12.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $86.25

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A professional attendance lasting at least 20 minutes (whether or not continuous) by a participating nurse practitioner that requires the provision of clinical support to a patient who:

a) is participating in a video consultation with a specialist or consultant physician; and

b) is not an admitted patient; and

c) is located:

(i) both:

(A) within a telehealth eligible area; and

(B) at the time of the attendance - at least 15 kms by road from the specialist or consultant physician mentioned in paragraph (a); or

(ii) in Australia if the patient is a patient of:

(A) an Aboriginal Medical Service; or

(B) an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service for which a direction made under subsection 19(2) of the Act applies.

Telehealth Item

Fee: $54.55 Benefit: 85% = $46.40

(See para MN.12.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $163.65

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A professional attendance lasting at least 40 minutes (whether or not continuous) by a participating nurse practitioner that requires the provision of clinical support to a patient who:

a) is participating in a video consultation with a specialist or consultant physician; and

b) is not an admitted patient; and

c) is located:

(i) both:

(A) within a telehealth eligible area; and

(B) at the time of the attendance - at least 15 kms by road from the specialist or consultant physician mentioned in paragraph (a); or

(ii) in Australia if the patient is a patient of:

(A) an Aboriginal Medical Service; or

(B) an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service for which a direction made under subsection 19(2) of the Act applies.

Telehealth Item

Fee: $80.20 Benefit: 85% = $68.20

(See para MN.12.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $240.60

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