Question

A G.P bulk bills at $36.30 per consultation, and sees a new patient every 12 minutes for 3 hours. A new employee calculates the number of patients and then calculates the medicare bills as follows.

Number of patients:3÷ 0.12=25
Medicare bill: 25x$36.30=907.50
(a)identify and describe the error
(b)recalculate the Medicare bill

Answer 1

$544.5

Explanation:

a) 12 minutes is 0.2 hours.

So 3/0.2= 15 patients.

b) 15*36.3= $544.5