Medicare: what you need to know
Summary: Managing Medicare and practising within the guidelines is an essential aspect of delivering patient care for medical professionals. Here are some useful resources on Medicare best practice, that will help minimise the chances of being the subject of an audit.
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![doctor reviewing xray](https://assets.avant.org.au/cdf6134c-01d7-0292-26f5-2f5cf1db96f8/006f78ec-20c5-4a63-8ea7-eb6debe92f2d/Video-032%20Medicare%20complaince.jpg)
Medicare compliance insights
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Bulk billing and private billing issues
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Medicare billing without the patient present
![Alarm clock and money](https://assets.avant.org.au/cdf6134c-01d7-0292-26f5-2f5cf1db96f8/e4c9d1e6-6d8f-4b50-b6b1-f734b05b35ff/Video-074%20Clock%20and%20money%20.jpg)
Time components in Medicare item numbers
![Doctor passing a letter to patient](https://assets.avant.org.au/cdf6134c-01d7-0292-26f5-2f5cf1db96f8/04084f98-5041-4c4f-babc-c2a35665615c/Video-073%20Passing%20a%20letter%20to%20patient%20.jpg)
Referrals and medicare billing
![Avant Watermark](https://assets.avant.org.au/cdf6134c-01d7-0292-26f5-2f5cf1db96f8/9a599d50-8905-4458-a9c1-6cae1fc87f2e/co-billing-medicare-item-numbers_v3.jpg)
Co-billings medicare item numbers
![Hospital sign](https://assets.avant.org.au/cdf6134c-01d7-0292-26f5-2f5cf1db96f8/f67e74f2-d78b-457a-982c-d7c099119750/medicare-billing-in-public-hospital.jpg)
Medicare billing in public hospitals
Chronic disease management plans
More resources to assist you
Department of Health
Compliance education for health professionals
Health professional guidelines
Department of Human Services
MBS education for health professionals
Education services for health professionals
Other
Medicare Billing Compliance eLearning course from DP Learning