Virtual Assessments – Fully Funded for COVID -19 Service description Effective from 17th April 2020 until further notice, practices can provide COVID-19 related virtual assessment via telephone or video, free of charge to enrolled and casual patients. General Practice-Based COVID-19 Virtual Assessments: • No co-payment • No clawback • Patient contacts the practice with concerns regarding COVID-19 symptoms • The consultation is carried out by telephone or virtually by the GP • The assessment may include a referral is made to CBAC, or other testing pathway for those who meet the Ministry of Health’s case definition as it stands at any point in time (“the Case Definition”)
Required Service Codes Service Code
Description
VCP
Virtual Consult Portal
VCT
Virtual Consult Telephone
VCV
Virtual Consult Video
Claim process Claims are on a fee for service basis at the general practice’s normal patient co-payment level. Submit a monthly schedule by the 5th of each month for all assessments for the previous month. Please note: Historical claims will be accepted where invoicing for eligible consultations has not already been issued prior to the 17th April 2020. Monthly spreadsheet for all claims to be received via: • Excel Spreadsheet sent electronically directly from the query builder via Healthlink to other_out\WESTBPHO OR alternatively • Excel Spreadsheet to be emailed to GPSAdmin@wboppho.org.nz
Payment The payment will be made on the 18th of each month.
COVID-19 Virtual Assessments – Funded Co-payment
23 April 2020