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____________ is made up of number of components, including public hospitals, community-based services, and affiliated health organizations largely owned and governed by state and territory governments. The Australian public accesses care within the public health system for free or at a lower cost through Medicare (funded by tax).
The Public Healthcare system
_____ is a leading Australian healthcare company focused on providing pathology and other healthcare services.
Healius
Who is eligible to have Medicare? Give atleast 2
must:
•be an Australian citizen
•be an Australian permanent resident
•have applied for permanent residency (some conditions apply)
•be a temporary resident covered by a ministerial order
•be a citizen or permanent resident of Norfolk Island, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island or Lord Howe Island.
•Patient is a resident of a country with a reciprocal healthcare agreement with Australia
_____ system includes health service providers that are owned and managed privately, such as private hospitals, specialist medical and allied health, and pharmacies.
The Private Healthcare system
______ is the amount the Government considers appropriate for medical services
Schedule fee
DVA stands for?
Department of Veteran’s Affairs (DVA)
It means to bill Medicare directly.
Bulk Bill
This card entitles the holder to DVA funding for services for all clinically necessary health care needs, and all health conditions, whether they are related to war service or not. The card holder may be a veteran or the widow/widower or dependant of a veteran.
DVA Gold Card
What information do we need to obtain if an invoice needs to be billed to ADF?
PMKeyS
What is the Ultra function key to initiate a search/populate?
F3
________ is a comprehensive medical laboratory and pathology service provider in Victoria, Australia,
Dorevitch Pathology
______ is a comprehensive medical laboratory and pathology practice with laboratory and patient pathology collection centre locations throughout NSW and ACT.
Laverty Pathology
_____ §is one of Australia’s leading comprehensive medical laboratory and pathology services. We have the largest spectrum of pathology testing services and coverage of collection centres dedicated to meeting the needs of Western Australian and Northern Territory doctors and their patients of over 140 Collection centres.
Western Diagnostic Pathology
____ it means we have an agreement to be able to bill the health fund directly.
Agreed Health Fund
_______ has 24 laboratories and over 635 collection centres strategically located throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales.
QML Pathology
OVHC stands for?
Overseas Visitor Health Cover
______ is a listing of the Medicare services subsidised by the Australian Government.
Medicare Benefits Schedule
_____ is the difference between the amount a doctor charges for a medical service and what Medicare and any private health insurer pays, also called gap or patient payments.
Out of pocket costs
______ is a unique code used in Australia’s Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) to identify specific medical services or procedures that are subsidised by the government.
item number
OSHC stands for?
Overseas Student Health Cover
We usually advise patients to do this if their health fund is a Non-Agreed Health Fund.
Pay and claim
_______is the publicly funded universal health care insurance scheme in Australia.
Medicare
Countries under the reciprocal healthcare agreement
Belgium
Italy
Finland
Malta
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Republic of Ireland
Slovenia
Sweden
United Kingdom
Medicare does not cover the costs of: (give 4 examples)
ambulance services
most dental services
glasses and contact lenses
hearing devices
elective and cosmetic surgery
services not on the MBS
services provided through the private health system
Naturopath
Chain of custody/Courtroom
For pre-employment tests
Self requests
In Australia, _______ allows you to be treated in hospital as a private patient. It can also help pay for health care costs that Medicare doesn’t cover, such as physiotherapy.
Private Health Insurance