Advanced mandatory services contracts cover other types of treatment provided on referral that are not included under Additional Services.
These contracts are usually for:
- endodontics
- surgical dentistry
- periodontics
When a patient is referred for advanced mandatory services, all of the patient's treatment is effectively carried out as one course of treatment for patient charge purposes.
Referring clinician
The patient's initial clinician who carries out the assessment must do the dental treatment they're able to perform before referring them.
They must charge the patient for the full Course of Treatment (CoT) planned.
The referring clinician will be credited with the UDA for the dental treatment they provide.
You must enter the treatment band in the 'Referral for Advanced Mandatory Services' box on the FP17.
Urgent treatment is not appropriate.
Referred to clinician
The second clinician who's providing the treatment on referral under advanced mandatory services claims the UDA appropriate to the treatment they've provided.
No charge is levied as the patient would have already paid in full at the first clinician's practice.
You must cross the 'Treatment on referral' box on the FP17 to make sure no patient charge is deducted.