CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Attendance by a medical practitioner (including a general practitioner, but not including a specialist or consultant physician) for the PREPARATION of a GP MANAGEMENT PLAN (GPMP) for a patient (not being a service associated with a service to which items 735 to 758 apply).

This CDM service is for a patient who has at least one medical condition that:
(a)    has been (or is likely to be) present for at least six months; or
(b)    is terminal.

A rebate will not be paid within twelve months of a previous claim for item 721, or within three months of a claim for items 729, 731 or 732 (for a review of a GPMP), except where there are exceptional circumstances that require the preparation of a new GPMP.

Fee: $133.65 Benefit: 75% = $100.25 100% = $133.65