Should Medicare fund consults when a doctor or patient is overseas?
A compliance campaign from health officials prompted some GPs to ask whether the rules were ripe for change.
The AMA is open to Medicare rule changes to allow claims while a doctor or patient is overseas but says the risk is telehealth clinics moving completely offshore.
Since Medicare began, the Health Insurance Act 1973 has required doctors and patients to be in Australia for services to attract rebates.
