Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 92624

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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES

92624

92624 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
06-Apr-2020
Description Updated:
01-Jan-2022
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Jul-2024

Group
A40 - Telehealth and phone attendance services
Subgroup
31 - Geriatric Medicine Telehealth Service

Telehealth attendance of more than 30 minutes in duration by a consultant physician or specialist in the practice of the consultant physician’s or specialist’s specialty of geriatric medicine to review a management plan previously prepared by that consultant physician or specialist under item 141, 92623 or 145, if:

(a) the review is initiated by the referring medical practitioner practising in general practice or a participating nurse practitioner; and

(b) during the attendance:

     (i) the patient’s health status is reassessed; and

     (ii) a management plan prepared under item 141, 92623 or 145 is reviewed and revised; and

     (iii) the revised management plan is explained to the patient and (if appropriate) the patient’s family and any carers and communicated in writing to the referring practitioner; and

(c) an attendance to which item 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 116, 119 of the general medical services table or item 91822, 91823, 91833, 91824, 91825, 91826 or 91836 applies was not provided to the patient on the same day by the same practitioner; and

(d) an attendance to which item 141 or 145 of the general medical services table or item 92623 applies has been provided to the patient by the same practitioner in the preceding 12 months; and

(e) an attendance to which this item, or item 147 of the general medical services table applies has not been provided to the patient in the preceding 12 months, unless there has been a significant change in the patient’s clinical condition or care circumstances that requires a further review

 

Fee: $327.20 Benefit: 85% = $278.15

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $500.00


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  • Assist - Addition/Deletion of (Assist.)
  • Amend - Amended Description
  • Anaes - Anaesthetic Values Amended
  • Emsn - EMSN Change
  • Fee - Fee Amended
  • Renum - Item Number Change (renumbered)
  • New - New Item
  • NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
  • Qfe - QFE Change