Medicare Billing by Registrars participating in the Specialist Training Program

As medical practitioners placed on the Register of Approved Placements are neither Specialists nor General Practitioners, they must use the Group A2 attendance items (Other Unreferred Attendances to which No Other Item Applies).
Please note that these are current arrangements and may be changed by Medicare Australia at any time. The RANZCP will endeavour to keep this page updated with the latest information.

Under Section 3GA of the Health Insurance Act 1973, a registrar in a College approved advanced training placement in a private setting may obtain a provider number which applies to services provided in that training placement for the duration of that placement.

To obtain a provider number, trainees need to complete the PDF form Verification of Approved Training Placement - Specialist Trainees, and return to the RANZCP for signature. Trainees then return this to Medicare Australia along with a completed application form for a provider number (http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/provider/pubs/medicare-forms/provider-number.jsp)

Please note that DoHA is currently in the process of updating this form, and has advised the RANZCP that trainees use the currently available form attached until the new form becomes available. DoHA has also advised that the following should be noted on the Verification of Approved Training Placement form informed by RANZCP that Department of Health and Ageing is updating this form.