Only half of doctors understand Medicare item requirements: MDO survey
RACGP president Dr Nicole Higgins suspects even this data paints an 'optimistic' picture.
Barely half of doctors understand Medicare item requirements or know where to find information on billing, suggests a medical defence organisaton survey.
In a survey of 1503 Avant members, only 55% said they understood MBS requirements and 42% said they had no processes to check what claims were made under their provider number.
