Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 414

Professional attendance at other than consulting rooms by a public health physician in the practice of the public health physician’s specialty of public health medicine—attendance for an obvious problem characterised by the straightforward nature of the task that requires a short patient history and, if required, limited examination and management

The fee for item 410, plus $30.20 divided by the number of patients seen, up to a maximum of six patients. For seven or more patients - the fee for item 410 plus $2.40 per patient.
Ready Reckoner

(See para AN.0.50 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: 300% of the Derived fee for this item, or $500, whichever is the lesser amount

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Attendances by public health physicians will attract Medicare benefits under the new items only where the attendance relates to one or more of the following: - 

(i)    management of a patient's vaccination requirements for accepted immunisation programs; or

(ii)   prevention or management of sexually transmitted disease; or

(iii)  prevention or management of disease due to environmental hazards or poisons; or

(iv)  prevention or management of exotic diseases; or

(v)   prevention or management of infection during outbreaks of infectious disease. 

For more information on the content-based item structure used in this Group, see A.5 in the explanatory notes.

Related Items: 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417