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Antenatal telehealth service provided by a practice midwife, nurse or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, to a maximum of 10 services per pregnancy, if:

(a)     the service is provided on behalf of, and under the supervision of, a medical practitioner; and

(b)     the service is not performed in conjunction with another antenatal attendance item in Group T4 for the same patient on the same day by the same practitioner.

Fee: $31.05 Benefit: 85% = $26.40

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $13.10

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Postnatal telehealth attendance by an obstetrician or general practitioner (other than a service to which any other item applies) if:

(a)     is between 4 and 8 weeks after the birth; and

(b)    lasts at least 20 minutes in duration; and

(c)     includes a mental health assessment (including screening for drug and alcohol use and domestic violence) of the patient; and

(d)    is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item 82140 applies is not provided.

Applicable once for a pregnancy

Fee: $81.70 Benefit: 85% = $69.45

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $53.15

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Postnatal telehealth attendance (other than a service to which any other item applies) if:

(a)   the attendance is rendered by:

(i)    a practice midwife (on behalf of and under the supervision of the medical practitioner who attended the birth); or

(ii)   an obstetrician; or

(iii)  a general practitioner; and

(b)   is between 1 week and 4 weeks after the birth; and

(c)   lasts at least 20 minutes; and

(d)   is for a patient who was privately admitted for the birth; and

(e)   is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item 82130, 82135 or 82140 of the Health Insurance (Midwife and Nurse Practitioner) Determination 2015 or item 91214, 91215, 91221 or 91222 is not provided.

Applicable once for a pregnancy

Fee: $60.85 Benefit: 85% = $51.75

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $39.60

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Antenatal telehealth attendance.

Fee: $53.70 Benefit: 85% = $45.65

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $39.20

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Telehealth attendance by a general practitioner (not including a specialist or a consultant physician), registered with the Chief Executive Medicare as meeting the credentialling requirements for provision of this service:

(a)     for providing focussed psychological strategies for assessed mental disorders to a person other than the patient, if the service is part of the patient’s treatment; and

(b)    lasting at least 30 minutes but less than 40 minutes

Fee: $105.65 Benefit: 100% = $105.65

(See para AN.0.78, MN.7.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $316.95

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Telehealth attendance by a general practitioner (not including a specialist or a consultant physician), registered with the Chief Executive Medicare as meeting the credentialling requirements for provision of this service:

(a)     for providing focussed psychological strategies for assessed mental disorders to a person other than the patient, if the service is part of the patient’s treatment; and

(b)    lasting at least 40 minutes

Fee: $151.20 Benefit: 100% = $151.20

(See para AN.0.78, MN.7.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $453.60

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Telehealth attendance by a medical practitioner, registered with the Chief Executive Medicare as meeting the credentialling requirements for provision of this service:

(a)     for providing focussed psychological strategies for assessed mental disorders to a person other than the patient, if the service is part of the patient’s treatment; and

(b)    lasting at least 30 minutes but less than 40 minutes

Fee: $84.50 Benefit: 100% = $84.50

(See para AN.0.78, MN.7.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $253.50

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Telehealth attendance by a medical practitioner, registered with the Chief Executive Medicare as meeting the credentialling requirements for provision of this service:

(a)     for providing focussed psychological strategies for assessed mental disorders to a person other than the patient, if the service is part of the patient’s treatment; and

(b)    lasting at least 40 minutes

Fee: $121.00 Benefit: 100% = $121.00

(See para AN.0.78, MN.7.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $363.00

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Telehealth attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty of psychiatry following referral of the patient to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner—an attendance of not more than 15 minutes in duration, if that attendance and another attendance to which item 296, 297, 299, 92437 or any of items 300, 302, 304, 306, 308, 91827, 91828, 91829, 91830, 91831, 91837, 91838, 91839, 91869, 91870, 91871, 91872, 91873 or 91879 to 91881 applies exceed 50 attendances in a calendar year for the patient

Fee: $24.95 Benefit: 85% = $21.25

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $74.85

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Telehealth attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty of psychiatry following referral of the patient to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner—an attendance of more than 15 minutes but not more than 30 minutes in duration, if that attendance and another attendance to which item 296, 297, 299, 92437 or any of items 300, 302, 304, 306, 308, 91827, 91828, 91829, 91830, 91831, 91837, 91838, 91839, 91868, 91870, 91871, 91872, 91873 or 91879 to 91881 applies exceed 50 attendances in a calendar year for the patient

Fee: $50.10 Benefit: 85% = $42.60

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $150.30

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