I have always been confused about the AHPRA advertising discounts. The guidelines say:
Members do not see these Ads. Sign Up.but the next paragraph says it is ok:I only post this as this was in my emails this morning. Here is the offer: http://cudo.com.au/podiatry-assessm...=m_5027777_h_0f553b06708a8070bfba4bede6f046de
Anyone have a comment?
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I too get the daily spam from Cudo and did see that one.
For those who not familiar with Cudo; they like Groupon. -
So the price was $179.50 now $29
Who can stay in business offering a discount of that size...unless it was never $179.50 in the first place? -
Also, there seem to be a number of Podiatrists in Australia offering 'Gap Free' orthotics? Is this actually legal?
Surely, a health fund would presume if you put through a pair of orthoses through HICAPS at for example $600, the health fund would expect the patient to be paying the difference between the rebate and the amount charged? -
Not to mention you are at the beck and call of private health funds when they audit you....
You have got to scratch your head.
Regarding CUDO and Discount vouchers, AHPRA are in the business of protecting the public, not Podiatrists reputations. -
Hi Paul, We've spent the last two years negotiating a new billing guide and supporting users guide with the private health insurers. It should at least standardise current billing and we hope it will be finalised before Christmas as it will take another year for funds to fully implement due to the health fund / HICAPS development cycle. We can then move on to talking rebates or extending billing practices once current billing practices have become more standardised.
Cheers,
Damian. -
Sorry Damian but posts like the one you just made are "padding" and the standard "we are doing stuff" type "rhetoric". The profession has had ample opportunity over the years and more than a few examples using other professions who have paved the way with Private Health funds in the past - dentistry is a great example.
The fact that a Podiatrist, a lower limb specialist, represented by a "peak" body in Australia, noted for preventing amputations and reducing diabetic foot disease/mortality/morbidity can't claim from a private health fund or Medicare for doing an "essential" and basic examination such as a "doppler" is criminal. I am sure there are a lot of Podiatrists out there working in other Podiatric areas who also feel this way about their daily clinical activities. -
Thanks Paul. I appreciate that you're still not a fan of the APodC despite our efforts in recent years to be considerably more business like and professional. I hope we can eventually convince you that we're working hard for members and the profession and heading in the right direction.
Cheers.
Damian. -
I'm with Paul on this. We are all well studied, qualified and experienced in the field - all this is ongoing too. Yet, when it breaks down to it, we are at the absolute mercy of the health funds to provide them with whatever they demand AND go through the stressful and time consuming procedures. We do all the hard yards with administration and commit our working lives to the cause of improving the health of patients honestly and with care - I'm speaking for the good apples in the cart which I'm sure make up 90%.
I feel we need more unity and clarity as a profession because at the end of the day - we live and breathe the same message and mission. As it stands now - there feels to be more competition than coalition. Something I personally feel is more a problem with podiatry when compared to other disciplines. This is only my opinion and I definitely might be viewing this the wrong way. I also respect all of my peers and would align with them where possible.
As for the above topic - if they're selling their services at such a rate, then it's their responsibility to deliver and perhaps their way of income sacrifice to pay for the marketing. -
I'll be the first in line with subscription dues when things do. -
I completely agree, the fact that we as Podiatrists cannot bill for a Doppler examination through Medicare or health funds is CRIMINAL.
Further to this, a GP practice recently asked me to train their staff in use of their new Doppler which they had bought, specifically so the nurses could run Doppler tests on their patients and claim the Medicare MBS item for doing so!!!
Criminal criminal criminal !!!! -
Surfboy, turn a negative into a positive.
You cant change Medicare, so why not train the GP staff, charge to do so and build that referral business from that clinic for your other services. Win win. -
Yeah I'll cop that, you're right and I agree. I have received referrals from it and I was happy to do it without charge. I just found it funny that they had NO CLUE how to use the Doppler putting it in the completely wrong positions, yet after my one hour session they are now billing hundreds of dollars a week in Doppler examinations.
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We agree.
One of the problems with Medicare is that it's been traditionally seen as a tool to primarily fund medical services. In our submission to the MBS review last month we called for some MBS services to be contestable and used item 11612 as an example. We also got it into the Allied Health Professions Australia submission as an example of where MBS items / expenditure are poorly used. There's just over 16,000 claimed by GPs a year.
We'll be talking about the MBS and other current submissions in a future Australian Podiatrist magazine which is sent to all members. -
Then they were lucky to have you there, a great outcome.
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Damian.
Have you noticed that football team that never scores a goal eventually loses all it supporters -
I can say I know how Hawthorn feels. No matter how many goals you score, there will always be people who wont become a supporter.
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