With the introduction of the shared debt recovery scheme practices have become proportionally responsible for any billing processed by the practice. The proportion of responsibility is regardless if the clinician is a contractor or employee and the manner in which they are engaged. The practice service fee is deemed to be the portion of the billings received which inn some cases could be as high as 52.5%. Practice Managers and Owners now play an integral role in establishing a baseline of compliance with both MBS billings and Documentation. We provide you with the steps to introduce internal audits, MBS Education and improved billing practices so that your practice and Doctors avoid investigation and debt recovery action.

Female General Practitioners bill less than Male practitioners - it is a fact. But why? There are several theories regarding the types of patients female doctors attract, the content of their consultations and the complexities of presentations. There is some evidence to support this however with excellent time management could female GPs bill the same or more than their male counterparts. Join us to discover the ways to streamline consultations, block time, share the load and add more value to your day as a clinician. This session provides all clinicians, practice managers and owners insight into ways they can better structure their diary and day to maximise their time, reduce their waiting times and bill better.

Who are the team of people who engage to assist you with bettering your patient outcomes? Traditionally we see most clinicians using just a handful of allied health providers; those that are listed on the MBS for rebates for their services, when a chronic disease management care plan has been completed. The overlooked number of team members who assist your patients are often left in the dark about the patient disease management. This session provides you with a list of potential co-contributors to care plans and case conferences, as well as providing ideas of additional team members who can improve your patients health outcomes. We show you the MBS item numbers to bring them onboard and for those who have no eligible MBS services, how to refer for NDIS or private health funding.

If you know the most common mistakes you are far less likely to make them and will better understand the Medicare Benefits Schedule. This session is a combination session regarding relevant MBS item numbers and the appropriate documentation for billing. We use past cases of the PSR to identify key areas that need work by all clinicians and provide you with ideas and tools to take back to your workplace.

Skin Cancer & Procedural Billings – How to have accurate documentation, understand normal after-care, co-billing and more. Everything you need to know about skin cancer billing and all the item numbers of the procedure room. Understand treatment room, procedure and dressing fees and how to legally bill these to patients who are routinely bulk-billed.

Accurate and contemporaneous documentation is a major compliance issue with all past PSR Section 92 agreements highlighting the lack of documentation to meet MBS criteria. This presentations provides clinicians with methods of documentation compliance as well as the use of individualised short-cuts ad templates. Examples of documentation non-compliances from PSR cases and outcomes further assist with understanding the requirements sort when undertaking a professional services review.