HCF No Gap Clinical Program

HCF No Gap Clinical Program

Participating anaesthetists and orthopaedic surgeons can charge a loading for hip and knee joint replacements without the patient incurring an out of pocket expense.
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The anaesthetic loading applies when the items are:
Primary Knee -    21402
Bilateral Knee -  21403

Primary Hip -     21214
Bilateral Hip -    21216 

The surgical loading applies when the items are:
Hips - 49318, 49319, 49321
Knees - 49518, 49519, 49521

Invoices should be prepared at the usual  rate, then an additional item should be added : 

"HCFJOINT - Single joint topup payment"

You may want to add these descriptions and fees as user items for easy reference, under Databases > User Items

As the rates vary from time to time, you will need to update your user items manually.
At present these can't be submitted using ECLIPSE. 
Instead you should send the invoice to

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