Health professional guidelines
The Department of Human Services and the Department of Health and Ageing, have been working with a number of peak bodies in the health sector to develop health professional guidelines.
These guidelines form a series designed to help health professionals understand what documents they can use to substantiate services if they are asked to participate in a Medicare compliance audit.
- Substantiating that a patient attended a service [PDF, 489Kb]
- Substantiating that a specific treatment was performed [PDF, 474Kb]
- Substantiating that a valid referral existed (specialist or consultant physician) [PDF, 489Kb]
- Substantiating that a valid request existed (pathology or diagnostic imaging [PDF, 504Kb]
- Substantiating that the patient had a pre-existing condition at the time of the service [PDF, 500Kb]
- Cryotherapy guideline [PDF, 257Kb]
For more information about the guidelines or to provide feedback, email compliance.co-design@humanservices.gov.au
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Last updated: 2 February, 2012