Which items appear on the account

MBS vs RVG items?                                (Here, RVG items refer to the ASA

                                 schedule of item numbers such as CA002.)

You can specify whether you want to print either the MBS or RVG items on the account by ticking the appropriate checkbox. Only MBS or RVG items may be printed, but not both. This is set according to the defaults for the type of fee you have chosen although you may modify it independently here.

MBS items are shown by default for all account types except WC and TP. These accounts show the RVG item numbers since the insurers normally pay accounts according to this schedule. For RVG type accounts sent to private patients, it may be preferable to show MBS items, since the patient requires these to obtain the appropriate rebates from Medicare and the health funds. You can have this happen automatically by ticking a checkbox in the Options form (Account format page).

If you tick the appropriate box, a brief list of MBS items will be shown in addition to the full list of RVG items, and vice versa. This assumes that both sets of items have been entered into the account on the Items page.

DVA accounts show whatever items are on the DVA page. These may be specific DVA time-based items or standard MBS items.

Which fields are printed on the account?

The settings for the various items to put on the account are taken from the Format page on the Options form. They may be adjusted here, or next to the actual data fields themselves. There are a few exceptions.

Itemised fees

The default is to show itemised fees for all account types except SF+, where the total fee will not equal the sum of the itemised fees.

Duplicated items

This function was designed for the pre-RVG schedule where an account may have listed a large number of similar surgical items (e.g. 10 foot correction items). When the checkbox is ticked, the account lists the duplicated items only once with the number of duplicates specified below the item. When unchecked, all identical items are listed individually. This function requires that identical items are assigned identical order codes. See the Items section (grouping) for more details.