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eHealth Forum Booklet - April 23, 2009 (pdf)
What/when
– PIP practices only
– Starts August 2009 for previous quarter (May, June, July) – Application by end of April 2009 – PIP contact person (usually PM) – $6.50 Standardised Whole Patient Equivalent (SWPE), payments capped at $12,500 per quarter 3 Requirements 1. Secure messaging capability
2. PKI certificates (location and individual) 3. Access to electronic clinical resources from the GP desktop (on HD, CD or web link) Submit Application Form by 30 April, 2009 -
Requirement 1 - need not be completed until July 31, 2009. You can tick the box that the requirement is met, even if no secure messaging service is in place, but if this requirement IS NOT completed by 31 July you MUST notify Medicare.
Requirement 2 - you only have to have applied for the individual PKI certificates by April 30, 2009, not have them supplied by that date.
Requirement 3 - must be in place by April 30, 2009.
Key Documents and Links
Both the HIC and the Dandenong Division of General Practice have a comprehensive range of excellent resources on PKI including explanations of the following:
What is it?, how to apply, clarification of issues, FAQs and PKI Resources.
PKI Links
Online services currently available include lodgement of Medicare bulk bill, private patient claims and DVA medical claims from a health care location to Medicare; as well as the submission of immunisation data direct to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register.
Medicare Australia Online Assistance
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