Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Specialist, Consultant Physician and Consultant Psychiatrist COVID-19 Telehealth Services) Determination 2020
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7. Application of provisions of the general medical services table
(1) Clause 1.1.5 of the general medical services table shall have effect as if items 91822 to 91826 of this Determination were specified in subclause 1.1.5(1) of the general medical services table.
(2) Clause 1.2.2 of the general medical services table shall have effect as if items in Schedule 1 of this Determination were specified in clause 1.2.2.
(3) Clause 1.2.4 of the general medical services table shall have effect as if items in Schedule 1 of this Determination were specified in subclause 1.2.4(1).
Schedule 1 – relevant services
Division 1.1 – Services and fees – specialist attendances via video conference
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Group A40 – COVID-19 – medical practitioner telehealth services</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subgroup 4 – COVID-19 – specialist attendances telehealth services</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td style="width:13.06%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:76.32%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Description</span></p></td><td style="width:10.62%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; text-align:right; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Fee ($)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.06%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span>91822</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:76.32%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span>Telehealth attendance for a person by a specialist in the practice of the specialist’s specialty if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:normal"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt; line-height:normal"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt; line-height:normal"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the specialist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:14.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows referral of the patient to the specialist; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:15.39pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span></span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span></span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Where the attendance was other than a second or subsequent attendance as part of a single course of treatment.</span></p></td><td style="width:10.62%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:right; line-height:12pt"><span>88.25</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span>91823</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span></span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:76.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span>Telehealth attendance for a person by a specialist in the practice of the specialist’s specialty if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:normal"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt; line-height:normal"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt; line-height:normal"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the specialist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:14.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows referral of the patient to the specialist; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:15.39pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:14.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:12pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:15.39pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Where the attendance is after the first attendance as part of a single course of treatment.</span></p></td><td style="width:10.62%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:right; line-height:12pt"><span>44.35</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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Division 1.2 – Services and fees – consultant physician (other than psychiatry) attendances via video conference
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="6" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Group A40 – COVID-19 – medical practitioner telehealth services</span></p></td><td style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="8" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subgroup 5 – COVID-19 – consultant physician telehealth services</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="4" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Description</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; text-align:right; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Fee ($)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:14pt; line-height:normal"><span>91824</span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; margin-bottom:14pt; line-height:normal"><span></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Telehealth attendance for a person by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty (other than psychiatry) if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:normal"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt; line-height:normal"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt; line-height:normal"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant physician is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:14.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows referral of the patient to the specialist; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:15.39pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:14.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:12pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:15.39pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Where the attendance was other than a second or subsequent attendance as part of a single course of treatment.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>155.60</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91825</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Telehealth attendance for a person by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty (other than psychiatry) if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:normal"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt; line-height:normal"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt; line-height:normal"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant physician is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:14.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows referral of the patient to the specialist; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:15.39pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:14.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:12pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:15.39pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Where the attendance is not a minor attendance after the first as part of a single course of treatment.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11pt">77.90</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91826</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.6%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Telehealth attendance for a person by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty (other than psychiatry) if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:normal"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt; line-height:normal"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt; line-height:normal"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the specialist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:14.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows referral of the patient to the specialist; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:15.39pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:normal"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:14.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:12pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:15.39pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-top:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-top:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span>Where the attendance is a minor attendance after the first as part of a single course of treatment.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11pt">44.35</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:4.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.95pt"></td><td style="width:52.3pt"></td><td style="width:3.65pt"></td><td style="width:0.5pt"></td><td style="width:301.05pt"></td><td style="width:17.5pt"></td><td style="width:42.8pt"></td><td style="width:2.45pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>
Division 1.3 – Services and fees – Consultant psychiatrist attendances via video conference
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100.52%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Group A40 – COVID-19 – medical practitioner telehealth services</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subgroup 6 – COVID-19 – consultant psychiatrist telehealth services</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.58%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91827</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Telehealth attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant psychiatrist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was not more than 15 minutes duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:15.3%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-right:5.65pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>44.70</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91828</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Telehealth attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant psychiatrist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was at least 15 minutes, but not more than 30 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:15.3%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-right:5.65pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>89.15</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.25pt"><td style="width:14.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91829</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Telehealth attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant psychiatrist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was at least 30 minutes, but not more than 45 minutes in duration; and</span><span></span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:15.3%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-right:5.65pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>137.25</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.25pt"><td style="width:14.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91830</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Telehealth attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant psychiatrist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was at least 45 minutes, but not more than 75 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:15.3%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-right:5.65pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>189.40</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.25pt"><td style="width:14.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt inset #eeeeee; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91831</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt inset #eeeeee; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Telehealth attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant psychiatrist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was at least 75 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:15.3%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt inset #eeeeee; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-right:5.65pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>219.80</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Division 1.4 Services and fees – specialist attendances via phone services
1.4.1 Application of COVID-19 medical practitioner phone services
Insert:
(1) For items in Subgroups 4, and 7 the rendering practitioner must not perform a service in subgroup 7 if the practitioner and the patient have the capacity to undertake an attendance by telehealth.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:399.45pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Group A40 – COVID-19 – medical practitioner phone services</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:399.45pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subgroup 7 – COVID-19 – specialist attendances phone services</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td style="width:42.8pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:302.3pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Description</span></p></td><td style="width:32.75pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; text-align:right; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Fee ($)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:42.8pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span>91832</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:302.3pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span>Phone attendance for a person by a specialist in the practice of the specialist’s specialty if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(a)</span><span style="width:4.68pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(i)</span><span style="width:31.22pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(ii)</span><span style="width:27.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the specialist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(b)</span><span style="width:13.61pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows referral of the patient to the specialist; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(c)</span><span style="width:14.28pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(d)</span><span style="width:4.01pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span></span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(e)</span><span style="width:4.68pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span></span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Where the attendance was other than a second or subsequent attendance as part of a single course of treatment.</span></p></td><td style="width:32.75pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:right; line-height:12pt"><span>88.25</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:42.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span>91833</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span></span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:302.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span>Phone attendance for a person by a specialist in the practice of the specialist’s specialty if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(a)</span><span style="width:4.68pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(i)</span><span style="width:31.22pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(ii)</span><span style="width:27.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the specialist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(b)</span><span style="width:13.61pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows referral of the patient to the specialist; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(c)</span><span style="width:14.28pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(d)</span><span style="width:13.61pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(e)</span><span style="width:14.28pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Where the attendance is after the first attendance as part of a single course of treatment.</span></p></td><td style="width:32.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:right; line-height:12pt"><span>44.35</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Division 1.5 – Services and fees – consultant physician (other than psychiatry) attendances via phone services
1.5.1 Application of COVID-19 medical practitioner phone services
Insert:
(1) For items in Subgroups 5, and 8 the rendering practitioner must not perform a service in subgroup 8 if the practitioner and the patient have the capacity to undertake an attendance by telehealth.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:418.55pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="6" style="width:399.25pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Group A40 – COVID-19 – medical practitioner phone services</span></p></td><td style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="8" style="width:403.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subgroup 8 – COVID-19 – consultant physician phone services</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.6pt"><td style="vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="4" style="width:46.55pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:301.85pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Description</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:33.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; text-align:right; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Fee ($)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="2" style="width:42.55pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:14pt; line-height:normal"><span>91834</span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; margin-bottom:14pt; line-height:normal"><span></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="width:288.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Phone attendance for a person by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty (other than psychiatry) if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(a)</span><span style="width:4.68pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(i)</span><span style="width:31.22pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(ii)</span><span style="width:27.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant physician is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(b)</span><span style="width:13.61pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows referral of the patient to the specialist; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(c)</span><span style="width:14.28pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(d)</span><span style="width:13.61pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(e)</span><span style="width:14.28pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Where the attendance was other than a second or subsequent attendance as part of a single course of treatment.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="width:50.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>155.60</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:50.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91835</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:285.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Phone attendance for a person by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty (other than psychiatry) if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(a)</span><span style="width:4.68pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(i)</span><span style="width:31.22pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(ii)</span><span style="width:27.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant physician is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(b)</span><span style="width:13.61pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows referral of the patient to the specialist; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(c)</span><span style="width:14.28pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(d)</span><span style="width:13.61pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(e)</span><span style="width:14.28pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Where the attendance is not a minor attendance after the first as part of a single course of treatment.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="width:50.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11pt">77.90</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="width:50.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91836</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:284.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Phone attendance for a person by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty (other than psychiatry) if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(a)</span><span style="width:4.68pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(i)</span><span style="width:31.22pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(ii)</span><span style="width:27.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the specialist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(b)</span><span style="width:13.61pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows referral of the patient to the specialist; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(c)</span><span style="width:14.28pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; text-indent:-27.6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(d)</span><span style="width:13.61pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:27.6pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-27.6pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">(e)</span><span style="width:14.28pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:12pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-top:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-top:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt"><span>Where the attendance is a minor attendance after the first as part of a single course of treatment.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="width:50.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11pt">44.35</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:4.1pt"></td><td style="width:1.95pt"></td><td style="width:51.3pt"></td><td style="width:3.6pt"></td><td style="width:0.5pt"></td><td style="width:295.5pt"></td><td style="width:17.15pt"></td><td style="width:42pt"></td><td style="width:2.45pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>
Division 1.6 – Services and fees – Consultant psychiatrist attendances via phone services
1.6.1 Application of COVID-19 medical practitioner phone services
Insert:
(1) For items in Subgroups 6, and 9 the rendering practitioner must not perform a service in subgroup 9 if the practitioner and the patient have the capacity to undertake an attendance by telehealth.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:99.6%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Group A40 – COVID-19 – medical practitioner phone services</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subgroup 9 – COVID-19 – consultant psychiatrist phone services</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:12.8%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Description</span></p></td><td style="width:17.06%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Fee($)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:12.8%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91837</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Phone attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant psychiatrist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was not more than 15 minutes duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:17.06%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-right:5.65pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>44.70</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:12.8%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91838</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Phone attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant psychiatrist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was at least 15 minutes, but not more than 30 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:17.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-right:5.65pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>89.15</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:12.8%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91839</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Phone attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(f)</span><span style="width:7.01pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(j)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(jj)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant psychiatrist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(g)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(h)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was at least 30 minutes, but not more than 45 minutes in duration; and</span><span></span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:7.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(j)</span><span style="width:7.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:17.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-right:5.65pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>137.25</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:12.8%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91840</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Phone attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant psychiatrist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was at least 45 minutes, but not more than 75 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:17.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-right:5.65pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>189.40</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:12.8%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">91841</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="margin-top:14pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:70.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:11pt">Phone attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:32.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is a patient at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:91.05pt; text-indent:-42.55pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:29.11pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the consultant psychiatrist is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance was at least 75 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the patient is not an admitted patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk-billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:17.06%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-right:5.65pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>219.80</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Division 1. 7– Services and Fees – obstetric attendances via telehealth services
1.7.1 – Application of COVID-19 obstetrics telehealth and phone services
(1) For items in Division 1.7, ‘midwife’ has the same meaning as provided in clause 2.41.2 of the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2019.
(2) Application of item 91850 and 91855
Item 91850 and 91855 applies to an antenatal service provided to a patient by a midwife, nurse or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner only if:
(a) the midwife, nurse or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner has the appropriate training and skills to perform an antenatal service; and
(b) the medical practitioner under whose supervision the antenatal service is provided retains responsibility for clinical outcomes and for the health and safety of the patient; and
(c) the midwife, nurse or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner complies with relevant legislative or regulatory requirements regarding the provision of the antenatal service in the State or Territory where the service is provided.
Item 91850 and 91855 does not apply in conjunction with another antenatal attendance item for the same patient, on the same day by the same practitioner.
Item 91850 and 91855 does not apply in conjunction with items 10990, 10991 or 10992.
For any particular patient, item 91850 and 91855 applies not more than 10 times in a 9 month period.
(3) For items in Subgroups 1 the rendering practitioner must not perform a service in subgroup 2 if the practitioner and the patient have the capacity to undertake an attendance by telehealth.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:98%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Group T4—Obstetrics</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.95pt"><td style="width:13.74%; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:67.86%; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Description</span></p></td><td style="width:18.4%; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Fee ($)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subgroup 1 – COVID-19 obstetric telehealth services</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.74%; border-top:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>91850</span></p></td><td style="width:67.86%; border-top:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Antenatal telehealth service provided by a midwife, nurse or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, to a maximum of 10 services per pregnancy, if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:25.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:22.56pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the practitioner rendering the service is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is provided on behalf of, and under the supervision of, a medical practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is provided at, or from, a practice location in a regional, rural or remote area; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>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; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is not provided for an admitted patient of a hospital or approved day facility; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(f)</span><span style="width:7.01pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>The services is bulk billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:18.4%; border-top:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>27.70</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.74%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>91851</span></p></td><td style="width:67.86%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Postnatal telehealth attendance by an obstetrician or general practitioner (other than a service to which any other item applies) if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:25.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:22.56pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the practitioner rendering the service is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is between 4 and 8 weeks after the birth; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>lasts at least 20 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>includes a mental health assessment (including screening for drug and alcohol use and domestic violence) of the patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>82140 applies is not provided; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(f)</span><span style="width:7.01pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk billed.</span><span></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Applicable once for a pregnancy</span></p></td><td style="width:18.4%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>72.85</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.74%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>91852</span></p></td><td style="width:67.86%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Postnatal telehealth attendance (other than attendance at consulting rooms, a hospital or a residential aged care facility or a service to which any other item applies) if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is rendered by:</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:25.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>a midwife (on behalf of and under the supervision of the medical practitioner who attended the birth); or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:22.56pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>an obstetrician; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(iii)</span><span style="width:19.51pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>a general practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:25.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:22.56pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the practitioner rendering the service is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is between 1 week and 4 weeks after the birth; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>lasts at least 20 minutes; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is for a patient who was privately admitted for the birth; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(f)</span><span style="width:7.01pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>82130, 82135 or 82140 applies is not provided; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(g)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk billed.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Applicable once for a pregnancy</span></p></td><td style="width:18.4%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>54.25</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.74%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><a id="CU_9435286"></a><a id="CU_9432794"></a><span>91853</span></p></td><td style="width:67.86%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Antenatal telehealth attendance if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:25.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:22.56pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the practitioner rendering the service is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:18.4%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>47.90</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subgroup 2 – COVID-19 obstetric phone services</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.74%; border-top:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>91855</span></p></td><td style="width:67.86%; border-top:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Antenatal phone service provided by a midwife, nurse or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, to a maximum of 10 services per pregnancy, if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:25.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:22.56pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the practitioner rendering the service is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is provided on behalf of, and under the supervision of, a medical practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is provided at, or from, a practice location in a regional, rural or remote area; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>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; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is not provided for an admitted patient of a hospital or approved day facility; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(f)</span><span style="width:7.01pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>The services is bulk billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:18.4%; border-top:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>27.70</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.74%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>91856</span></p></td><td style="width:67.86%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Postnatal phone attendance by an obstetrician or general practitioner (other than a service to which any other item applies) if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:25.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:22.56pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the practitioner rendering the service is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is between 4 and 8 weeks after the birth; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>lasts at least 20 minutes in duration; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>includes a mental health assessment (including screening for drug and alcohol use and domestic violence) of the patient; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>82140 applies is not provided; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(f)</span><span style="width:7.01pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk billed.</span><span></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Applicable once for a pregnancy</span></p></td><td style="width:18.4%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>72.85</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.74%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>91857</span></p></td><td style="width:67.86%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Postnatal phone attendance other than attendance at consulting rooms, a hospital or a residential aged care facility or a service to which any other item applies) if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is rendered by:</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:25.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>a midwife (on behalf of and under the supervision of the medical practitioner who attended the birth); or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:22.56pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>an obstetrician; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(iii)</span><span style="width:19.51pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>a general practitioner; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:25.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:22.56pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the practitioner rendering the service is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is between 1 week and 4 weeks after the birth; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>lasts at least 20 minutes; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(e)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is for a patient who was privately admitted for the birth; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(f)</span><span style="width:7.01pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>82130, 82135 or 82140 applies is not provided; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(g)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk billed.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Applicable once for a pregnancy</span></p></td><td style="width:18.4%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>54.25</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.74%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>91858</span></p></td><td style="width:67.86%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Antenatal phone attendance if:</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:5.79pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the attendance is where:</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(i)</span><span style="width:25.62pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the person is at risk of COVID-19 virus; or</span></p><p style="margin-left:66pt; text-indent:-36pt"><span>(ii)</span><span style="width:22.56pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the practitioner rendering the service is a health professional at risk of COVID-19 virus; and</span></p><p style="margin-left:25.5pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:5.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the service is bulk billed.</span></p></td><td style="width:18.4%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; line-height:normal"><span>47.90</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>