Welcome to our Basics of Medicare Item Numbers in General Practice e-course. This course has been designed specifically for medical receptionists in General Practice. Throughout this course, we will cover some of the more common Medicare Item Numbers that are relevant to General Practices and present information about Medicare and patient accounts that is useful to understand in the daily running of a General Practice.

Whether you are wanting a career in General Practice, you are a beginner starting out your journey in a medical practice or have been working for some time and want a refresher, we hope this is the course for you.

You'll Learn About Common Item Numbers in General Practice:

• Consults in Routine Hours
• After-Hours Consults
• Non-Urgent Consults After-Hours
• Urgent Consults After-Hours
• Health Assessments
• Mental Healthcare
• Women's Health
• Chronic Disease Management and Complex Care Management
• Diagnostic Procedures
• Minor Procedures
• Telehealth
• Allied Health Practitioners in General Practice

You'll Learn About Medicare and Patient Accounts:

• Medicare Rebates
• MBS Online
• Bulk-billing and Bulk-billing Incentives
• Bulk-billing, Gaps and Total Amounts
• How to Calculate Gaps and Total Amounts
• Adjusting Private Fees
• Fee Scales and Payers
• Operation Aftercare and Not Normal Aftercare
• Multiple Attendances on the Same Day
• Not Duplicate Service
• Multiple Operation Rule and Not Multiple Operation Rule
• MyMedicare and MyMedicare Item Numbers