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Make sure you include your LSPN on both of the following:
- patient accounts and receipts
- each claim for diagnostic imaging or radiation oncology services.
Your registration and accreditation to provide diagnostic imaging services must be:
- current on the date you performed the service
- specific to the location.
Find out more about Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item numbers and payment rates for Diagnostic Imaging Services Table (DIST) Category 5 services on the MBS Online website.
Read more about effective and maximum equipment life ages on the MBS Online website.
Confirming eligibility to provide Positron Emission Tomography (PET) services
The Joint Nuclear Medicine Credentialing and Accreditation Committee must give accreditation to individual providers to claim Medicare benefits for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) services. When you get accreditation, complete the Positron EmissionTomography - statutory declaration form.
Getting a remote area exemption
Individual providers can apply for a remote area exemption for a written referral to claim R‑type diagnostic imaging services. You can do this if there are no equivalent NR-type diagnostic imaging items.
You may get an exemption if either:
- the referral requirements would cause a patient physical or financial hardship
- your practice location is in a remote area.
Read more about requesting diagnostic imaging services and diagnostic imaging under Medicare on the Department of Health and Aged Care website.
Read the MBS Online website for rules and requirements when applying for a remote area exemption.