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There are new changes to Medicare from November 1, 2018, which will affect how GPs can order sleep studies and how they follow up the results. These changes have been introduced by the MBS Review Taskforce and Government to improve doctor assessment and management of a patient having a sleep study.
From November 1 2018:
If the screening questionnaires are not positive, patients will need to be referred to Sleep or Respiratory Physicians for assessment and testing.
Diagnostic sleep studies can only be rebated once a year.
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