When a specialist or consultant physician is providing services under rights of private practice in a public hospital (including outpatient clinics), there must be a named referral and the patient has chosen to be treated as a private patient (National Health Reform Agreement, clause G19). Please advise your patient you are referring them to an MBS funded clinic.
MBS clinics are bulk billed against the relevant item number in the MBS, meaning that there is no additional charge to the patient. However, your patient can choose not to have their Medicare Card bulked billed. They will need to tell us on their arrival.
Mercy Hospital for Women – MBS clinics
| Specialty | Clinic | Clinician in charge |
| General Medicine | Paediatric | Sasi, Dr Arun |
| General Medicine | Perinatal physician and paediatrician | Paizis, Dr Kathy |
| General Medicine | Perinatal Cardiology | Lancefield, Dr Terase |
| General Medicine | Perinatal Physician | Houlihan, Dr Christine |
| Haematology | Perinatal Haematology | Hayes, Dr Lachlan |
| Infectious Diseases | Perinatal Infectious Diseases | Holmes, Dr Natasha |
| Obstetrics | Fetal monitoring private | Fung, Dr Alison |
| Obstetrics | Genetics private | Downie, Dr Liliane |
| Obstetrics | Perinatal Medicine | Fung, Dr Alison |
| Obstetrics | Perinatal Medicine (paediatric surgeon) | Crameri, Dr Joe |
| Urology | Urodynamics | Dwyer, Professor Peter |
| Urology | Urogynaecology – Perineal Clinic | Dwyer, Professor Peter |
Werribee Mercy Hospital – MBS clinics
| Specialty | Clinic | Clinician in charge |
| Endocrinology | Endocrinology in Pregnancy Clinic | Krishnamurthy, Dr Bala |
| Gynaecology | Gynaecological Clinic | Tipnis, Dr Sheetal |
| Obstetrics | Obstetrics Clinics | Van Dam, Dr Jacqueline |
| Urology | Urology Clinic | Lenaghan, Mr Daniel |
| Paediatrics | Paediatric Clinic | McMahon, Dr Kathy |
| Urodynamics | Urodynamic Clinic | Cvach, Dr Kristina |
Resources
MBS online - Medicare Benefits Schedule
- Website: MBS online
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About:
MBS Online contains the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), a listing of the Medicare services subsidised by the Australian government.
National Health Reform
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About:
In August 2011, COAG agreed to the National Health Reform Agreement, which sets out the shared intention of the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments to work in partnership to improve health outcomes for all Australians and ensure the sustainability of the Australian health system.
HealthPathways Melbourne
- Email address: [email protected]
- Website: HealthPathways Melbourne
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About:
HealthPathways Melbourne provides clinicians with a single website to access clinical and referral pathways, and resources. Pathways are created by local GPs, working in partnership with specialists, nurses, allied health and other health professionals.
Mercy Health recommends clinicians to access HealthPathways Melbourne for guidance in assessing, managing and referring for patient conditions (login required).
Referrals to outpatient clinics at Mercy Health will be triaged against clinical information and investigations based on these guidelines.
Referrals that do not meet the required clinical information and investigations will not be accepted.
HealthPathways Melbourne is available for free to health professionals working in the North Western Melbourne and Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network catchments.
Email HealthPathways to request access or if you need to confirm your username and password.
Statewide Referral Criteria for Specialist Clinics - Victoria
- Website: Statewide Referral Criteria
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About:
The Department of Health and Human Services has developed statewide referral criteria to assist GPs and clinicians referring patients to specialist clinics. These referral criteria have been developed to improve access to specialist clinics in public hospitals by improving the quality and appropriateness of referrals.
Last reviewed October 30, 2019.