Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086:clause:1_2745:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01086
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 2745 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 395605–398823

2745                                          Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms by a general practitioner (not including a specialist or a consultant physician) registered with the Chief Executive Medicare as meeting the credentialling requirements for provision of this service:                                                                                                                                                                                          Amount under clause 2.20.2
                                              (a) for providing focussed psychological strategies to a person other than the patient, if the service is part of the patient's treatment; and
                                              (b) lasting at least 40 minutes

Division 2.21—Group A24: Palliative and pain medicine

2.21.1  Meaning of organise and coordinate
  In the items in Subgroups 2 and 4 of Group A24:
organise and coordinate, for a conference mentioned in the item, means undertaking all of the following activities:
 (a) explaining to the patient the nature of the conference;
 (b) asking the patient whether the patient agrees to the conference taking place;
 (c) recording the patient's agreement to the conference;
 (d) recording the day the conference was held and the times the conference started and ended;
 (e) recording the names of the participants;
 (f) recording the activities mentioned in the definition of multidisciplinary case conference in clause 1.1.4 and putting a copy of that record in the patient's medical records;
 (g) offering the patient and the patient's carer (if any and if the practitioner considers appropriate and the patient agrees), and giving each other member of the team, a summary of the conference;
 (h) discussing the outcomes of the conference with the patient and the patient's carer (if any and if the practitioner considers appropriate and the patient agrees).

2.21.2  Meaning of participate
  In items 2958, 2972, 2974, 2992, 2996, 3000, 3051, 3055, 3062, 3083, 3088 and 3093:
participate, for a conference mentioned in the item, means participation that:
 (a) if the conference is a community case conference—is at the request of the person who organises and coordinates the conference; and
 (b) involves undertaking all of the following activities in relation to the conference:
 (i) explaining to the patient the nature of the conference;
 (ii) asking the patient whether the patient agrees to the practitioner's participation in the conference;
 (iii) recording the patient's agreement to the practitioner's participation in the conference;
 (iv) recording the day the conference was held and the times the conference started and ended;
 (v) recording the names of the participants;
 (vi) recording the activities mentioned in the definition of multidisciplinary case conference in clause 1.1.4 and putting a copy of that record in the patient's medical records; but
 (c) if the conference is a community case conference—does not include organising and coordinating the conference.

2.21.3  Restrictions on items in Subgroups 2 and 4 of Group A24—timing
  The items in Subgroups 2 and 4 of Group A24 may only apply to a patient 5