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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
AN.35.1
Flag fall amount for residential aged care facility attendance by a general practitioner
Last reviewed: 1 November 2023
Medicare item 90001 provides a flag fall fee for the initial attendance by a general practitioner at one RACF, on one occasion, applicable only to the first patient seen on the RACF visit.
The Medicare benefit for the single flag fall fee and the associated general consultation (Levels A to E) applies only for patients within a RACF who have a general consultation with a doctor in person.
If doctors do not bill the single flag fall fee, the benefit will not be paid.
If a doctor has to return to the RACF facility twice or more on the same day and the attendances are not a continuation of an earlier episode of treatment, another flag fall fee would apply per subsequent RACF visit.
When claiming the new attendance items there is no longer a requirement to transmit the number of patients seen. A doctor would claim each attendance item like any other consultation service.
MBS items 90001 is not to be used with existing derived fee services such as for afterhours, urgent afterhours, or telehealth services. The bulk billing incentive only applies to the attendance item, not to the single flag fall fee.
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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
90020 - Additional Information
Professional attendance (other than a service to which another item applies) at a residential aged care facility (other than a professional attendance at a self‑contained unit) or professional attendance at consulting rooms situated within such a complex if the patient is accommodated in a residential aged care facility (other than accommodation in a self‑contained unit) by a general practitioner 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—an attendance on one or more patients at one residential aged care facility on one occasion - each patient.
Fee: $18.95 Benefit: 100% = $18.95
(See para AN.0.9, AN.0.74, AN.35.1, MN.1.3, MN.1.4, MN.1.5, MN.1.6, MN.1.7, MN.1.8 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
90035 - Additional Information
Professional attendance by a general practitioner, on care recipients in a residential aged care facility, other than a service to which another item applies, lasting at least 6 minutes and less than 20 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:
(a) taking a patient history;
(b) performing a clinical examination;
(c) arranging any necessary investigation;
(d) implementing a management plan;
(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;
for one or more health-related issues, with appropriate documentation—an attendance on one or more patients at one residential aged care facility on one occasion—each patient (subject to clause 2.30.1)
Fee: $41.40 Benefit: 100% = $41.40
(See para AN.0.9, AN.0.74, AN.35.1, MN.1.3, MN.1.4, MN.1.5, MN.1.6, MN.1.7, MN.1.8 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
90043 - Additional Information
Professional attendance by a general practitioner at a residential aged care facility to residents of the facility (other than a service to which another item in the table applies), lasting at least 20 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:
(a) taking a detailed patient history;
(b) performing a clinical examination;
(c) arranging any necessary investigation;
(d) implementing a management plan;
(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;
for one or more health‑related issues, with appropriate documentation—an attendance on one or more patients at one residential aged care facility on one occasion—each patient
Fee: $80.10 Benefit: 100% = $80.10
(See para AN.0.9, AN.0.74, AN.35.1, MN.1.3, MN.1.4, MN.1.5, MN.1.6, MN.1.7, MN.1.8 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
90051 - Additional Information
Professional attendance by a general practitioner at a residential aged care facility to residents of the facility (other than a service to which another item in the table applies), lasting at least 40 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:
(a) taking an extensive patient history;
(b) performing a clinical examination;
(c) arranging any necessary investigation;
(d) implementing a management plan;
(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;
for one or more health‑related issues, with appropriate documentation—an attendance on one or more patients at one residential aged care facility on one occasion—each patient
Fee: $118.00 Benefit: 100% = $118.00
(See para AN.0.9, AN.0.74, AN.35.1, MN.1.3, MN.1.4, MN.1.5, MN.1.6, MN.1.7, MN.1.8 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
90054 - Additional Information
Professional attendance by a general practitioner, on care recipients in a residential aged care facility, other than a service to which another item applies, lasting at least 60 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:
(a) taking an extensive patient history;
(b) performing a clinical examination;
(c) arranging any necessary investigation;
(d) implementing a management plan;
(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;
for one or more health-related issues, with appropriate documentation—an attendance on one or more patients at one residential aged care facility on one occasion—each patient (subject to clause 2.30.1)
Fee: $191.20 Benefit: 100% = $191.20
(See para AN.0.9, AN.0.74, AN.35.1, MN.1.3, MN.1.4, MN.1.5, MN.1.6, MN.1.7, MN.1.8 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
90001 - Additional Information
For the first patient attended during one attendance by a general practitioner at one residential aged care facility on one occasion, the fee for the medical service described in whichever of items 90020, 90035, 90043, 90051 or 90054 applies is the amount listed in the item plus $60.55.
Fee: $60.55 Benefit: 100% = $60.55
(See para AN.35.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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- New - New Item
- NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
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