by Dr April Armstrong | Nov 18, 2018 | Advice, General practice, MBS
Five Easy Steps to safeguard medical practice from MBS non-compliance debt recovery The Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Compliance and other measure) Bill 2008 came into effect July 1 2018 and provides Medicare with an avenue to pursue debts raised...
by Dr April Armstrong | Nov 19, 2016 | Advice, General practice, Insurance, Medical indemnity
Under Australian law, every registered medical practitioner must be insured under a medical defence organisation (MDO) to cover us in the event of complaints against us by patients. There are a number of AHPRA-approved MDOs including Avant, Tego, MIGA, MDA National...
by Dr April Armstrong | Nov 15, 2016 | Advice, Business, General practice
1. Know your MBS General practice is not about items 23, 36 & 44. There are at least 100 relevant billings in general practice so if you don’t know them, start learning. 2. Have a cheat sheet I have at least three general surgeons, three...