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Booking your consultation
Our friendly reception staff will ask you what you are wishing to consult with Dr Adrian Knox about. This information will allow them to appropriately schedule your consultation date and time.
They will ask who your referring doctor is, and advise you of the cost of the consultation and any Medicare rebates that may be applicable.
If you are booking a cosmetic consultation, our reception staff will ask for some additional details, and book a pre-consultation assessment. Due to new mandatory regulations, all patients coming to see Dr Adrian Knox require the pre-consultation assessment. This is conducted via phone interview and takes around 15 minutes. This gives us a better idea of what your goals, concerns and desired outcomes are.
Our staff will provide you with any additional information you need to be able to prepare for your consultation, including sending a reminder a week prior to your consultation.
Please bring the following to your consultation:
Referrals
Medicare Card
Private Health Insurance Card
Medication List
Histopathology Result
Xray / Ultrasound / Mammogram / CT / MRI Results
REFERRALS
We require a referral from your GP or specialist dated prior to or the day of your scheduled consultation.
If you are attending our practice for a cosmetic consultation, you will be unable to see Dr Adrian Knox without a valid referral. A referral from a GP is valid for 12 months, and a specialist referral is valid for 3 months from the date of your first consultation for this concern.
In accordance with Medicare regulations, if you attend our practice for a new concern, we will need a new referral, even if you have another one on file that is still valid.
Procedure Information
Dr Adrian Knox will advise whether your procedure would be best as an outpatient or day surgery/inpatient.
Our reception staff will then be able to offer you appropriate dates and times for your procedure. You will be provided with the estimate of fees and your paperwork to make the arrangements for your procedure.
Dr Adrian Knox will discuss the following with you:
Urgency
Hospital
Length of procedure
Length of stay
Pre-operative tests required
Medicare item numbers (if applicable)
DAY SURGERY/INPATIENT PROCEDURES
Day surgery/inpatient procedures are performed in hospital.
This means you will have the option to have a general anaesthetic or local anaesthetic with sedation.
Dr Adrian Knox will advise how long your hospital stay will likely need to be.
Medicare and private health insurance rebates may be applicable.
OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES
Outpatient procedures are undertaken in the practice procedure room.
You will be asked to arrive early, before the procedure starts. This is for the local anaesthetic to be administered.
You can eat and drink as normal and drive to and from your procedure unless advised otherwise.
Medicare rebates may be applicable.
Estimate of Fees
As part of making the arrangements for your procedure our reception staff will provide you with an estimate of fees.
DAY SURGERY/INPATIENT PROCEDURE
The fees that are applicable to your procedure will be listed in the estimate of fees for your day surgery/inpatient procedure. You can anticipate the following:
Surgical Fee: This is the fee for Dr Adrian Knox’s services.
If there is a Medicare item number listed, we recommend you check whether this is included in your private health insurance policy as this will determine other fees that are applicable.
Surgical assistant: This is the fee for the surgical assistant who will be in attendance at your procedure (if applicable).
Prosthesis: A prosthesis is when an item is inserted into the body; for example, breast implants.
Post operative garments: These are usually compression garments that assist with the post operative recovery.
Anaesthetic fee: Dr Adrian Knox has regular specialist anaesthetists who tend to his operating lists. We provide an estimate of fees to assist you in preparing financially. However, these are non-binding, and their practice will contact you directly in relation to their fees and estimated rebates.
Private hospital: Fees for the hospital may be on the estimate of fees if:
there is an excess to pay to the hospital
the Medicare item number provided is not included in your private health insurance
there is no Medicare item number applicable to your procedure. This means the procedure is purely cosmetic.
The latter two mean the hospital cannot cover your bill with private health insurance and therefore the patient incurs the charges.
Once your procedure has been completed and any pathology results have been received, we will submit your payment electronically to Medicare and your private health insurance provider. The rebate for each will go into the account you have nominated.
OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES
The fees that are applicable to your procedure will be listed in the estimate of fees for your outpatient procedure. You can anticipate the following:
Surgical fee: This is the fee for Dr Adrian Knox’s services. If there is a Medicare item number listed, you can expect to see an estimated Medicare rebate.
Once your procedure has been completed and any pathology results have been received, we will submit your payment electronically to Medicare. Any rebate you are due will go into the account you have nominated.
PUBLIC HOSPITAL PROCEDURES
Dr Adrian Knox is a VMO at St George Public Hospital. He has an operating list there once a month, which gives our patient’s the option to have their procedure as a Public Patient.
This means going on the waitlist to have your procedure, Dr Adrian Knox advises the timeframe the procedure needs to be performed in, this could be: 2–4 weeks, 4–12 weeks, or within 12 months. St George Public Hospital then allocates patients to the appropriate list and makes all the necessary arrangements.
Public Patients: Incur no charge, however one of Dr Adrian Knox’s team may perform the procedure under his supervision, all post operative care will be at St George Public Hospitals Ambulatory Care Unit.
Private in Public Hospital: You can elect to go into St George Hospital as a private patient, this will incur charges as outlined in the day surgery /inpatient procedures estimate to fees
Preparing for your procedure
Our team will guide you about what is needed; you can expect the following:
Consent forms and paperwork
Payment
Communication with anaesthetist & hospital
Arrange transport to and from hospital
Ceasing certain medication
Remove acrylic nails / shellac nail polish
Pack a bag and leave valuables at home
Comfortable clothing
Purchase antibacterial soap
Prepare meals for afterward
Be prepared to rest