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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
3010 - Additional Information
Professional attendance at consulting rooms or hospital by a specialist, or consultant physician, in the practice of the specialist's or consultant physician's specialty of palliative medicine following referral of the patient to the specialist or consultant physician by a referring practitioner-each attendance (other than a service to which item 3014 applies) after the first in a single course of treatment
Fee: $87.30 Benefit: 75% = $65.50 85% = $74.25
(See para AN.0.58, AN.0.70, AN.3.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
AN.0.58
Pain and Palliative Medicine (Items 2801 to 3093)
Attendance by a recognised specialist or consultant physician in the specialty of pain medicine (2801, 2806, 2814, 2824, 2832, 2840) and Case conference by a recognised specialist or consultant physician in the specialty of pain medicine (2946, 2949, 2954, 2958, 2972, 2974, 2978, 2984, 2988, 2992, 2996, 3000).
Items 2801, 2806, 2814, 2824, 2832, 2840, 2946, 2949, 2954, 2958, 2972, 2974, 2978, 2984, 2988, 2992, 2996, 3000, apply only to a service provided by a recognised specialist or consultant physician in the specialty of pain medicine, in relation to a pain patient referred from another practitioner (see Paragraph 6 of the General Explanatory notes).
The conditions that apply to the Case Conferences items (2946, 2949, 2954, 2958, 2972, 2974, 2978, 2984, 2988, 2992, 2996, 3000) are the same as those for the Case Conferences by consultant physicians (Items 820 to 838). See explanatory note AN.0.51 for details of these conditions.
Where the service provided to a referred patient is by a medical practitioner who is a recognised specialist or consultant physician in the specialty of pain medicine and that service is pain medicine, then the relevant items from the pain specialist group (2801, 2806, 2814, 2824, 2832, 2840, 2946, 2949, 2954, 2958, 2972, 2974, 2978, 2984, 2988, 2992, 2996, 3000) must be claimed. Services to patients who are not receiving pain medicine services should be claimed using the relevant attendance or case conferencing items.
Attendance by a recognised specialist or consultant physician in the specialty of palliative medicine (3005, 3010, 3014, 3018, 3023, 3028) and Case conference by a recognised specialist or consultant physician in the specialty of palliative medicine (3032, 3040, 3044, 3051, 3055, 3062, 3069, 3074, 3078, 3083, 3088, 3093).
Items 3005, 3010, 3014, 3018, 3023, 3028, 3032, 3040, 3044, 3051, 3055, 3062, 3069, 3074, 3078, 3083, 3088, 3093, apply only to a service provided by a recognised specialist or consultant physician in the specialty of palliative medicine, in relation to a palliative patient referred from another practitioner (see Paragraph 6 of the General Explanatory notes).
General Practitioners who are recognised specialist in the specialty of palliative medicine and are treating a referred palliative patient and claiming items 3005, 3010, 3014, 3018, 3023, 3028, 3032, 3040, 3044, 3051, 3055, 3062, 3069, 3074, 3078, 3083, 3088, 3093 cannot access the GP Management Plan items (721 and 732) or Team Care Arrangement items (723 and 732) for that patient. The referring practitioner is able to provide these services.
The conditions that apply to the Case Conferences items (3032, 3040, 3044, 3051, 3055, 3062, 3069, 3074, 3078, 3083, 3088, 3093) are the same as those for the Case Conferences by consultant physicians (Items 820 to 838). See explanatory note AN.0.51 for details of these conditions.
Where the service provided to a referred patient is by a medical practitioner who is a recognised specialist or consultant physician in the specialty of palliative medicine and that service is a palliative medicine service, then the relevant items from the palliative specialist group 3005, 3010, 3014, 3018, 3023, 3028, 3032, 3040, 3044, 3051, 3055, 3062, 3069, 3074, 3078, 3083, 3088, 3093) must be claimed. Services to patients who are not receiving palliative care services should be claimed using the relevant attendance or case conferencing items.
Related Items: 2801 2806 2814 2824 2832 2840 2946 2949 2954 2958 2972 2974 2978 2984 2988 2992 2996 3000 3005 3010 3014 3018 3023 3028 3032 3040 3044 3051 3055 3062 3069 3074 3078 3083 3088 3093
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
AN.0.70
Limitation of items—certain attendances by specialists and consultant physicians
Medicare benefits are not payable for items 105, 116, 119, 386, 2806, 2814, 3010, 3014, 6009, 6011, 6013, 6015, 6019, 6052, 16404, 91823, 91825, 91826, 91833, 91836, 92611, 92612, 92613 and 92618 when claimed in association with an item in group T8 with a schedule fee of $341.75 or more.
The restriction applies when the procedure is performed by the same practitioner, on the same patient, on the same day.
Related Items: 105 116 119 386 2806 2814 3010 3014 6009 6011 6013 6015 6019 6052 16404 91823 91825 91826 91833 91836 92611 92612 92613 92618
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
AN.3.1
Subsequent attendance items
The current regulations prohibit the payment of Medicare benefits for subsequent attendance items 105, 116, 119, 386, 2806, 2814, 3010, 3014, 6009 to 6015, 6019, 6052, 16404, 91823, 91825, 91826, 91833, 91836, 92611, 92612, 92613 and 92618 if a claim is made for any Group T8 item (30001-50952) with a schedule fee of equal to or greater than $341.75 on the same day. Non-compliance with the regulations can result in a referral to an appropriate regulatory body – such as the Professional Services Review. Subsequent attendance items (111, 117, and 120) can only be claimed on the same day as Group T8 items with schedule fees of equal to or greater than $341.75, if the procedure is urgent and not able to be predicted prior to the commencement of the attendance. It is therefore expected that these items would be claimed only in exceptional circumstances.
Subsequent attendance item 115 can only be claimed, if the nature of the attendance was not able to be predicted prior to the procedure.
Item 115 should not be claimed if the consultation relates to the booked Group T8 procedure. Any consultation component related to the booked Group T8 procedure is considered to be covered under the fee for that procedure, if the Schedule fee is $341.75 or more.
Should a component of the consultation be unrelated to the booked T8 procedure and it is considered by the medical practitioner that it would be a clinical risk to defer this consultation then item 115 could be claimable.
It would not be appropriate to claim item 115 if a patient attends for the booked operation, and prior to surgery an examination is conducted relevant to performing that procedure; together with a discussion of the outcomes and aftercare. If the consultation extends beyond this; including the development of a management plan involving a broader diagnosis, prognosis, associated treatments and follow-up; then it could be appropriate to claim item 115.
In claiming item 115, the specialist or consultant physician must be satisfied that it would be a clinical risk to defer the consultation for the patient at this time.
Where item 115 is claimed, the records for the consultation should clearly identify why the consultation is considered necessary for the patient including the clinical risk to defer the consultation.
Related Items: 105 115 116 119 386 2806 2814 3010 3014 6009 6011 6013 6015 6019 6052 16404 91823 91825 91826 91833 91836 92610 92611 92612 92613
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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