[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Quoting Oliver Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>  
>   
>> Medicare Australia (I'm forcing myself to get used to the HIC's shiny 
>> new name) has been coming at it for probably a couple of years, by 
>> accepting Medicare claims from patients who have seen specialists, where 
>> the item numbers claimed are at the referred rate, even though the 
>> referral was emailed without an individual digital signature.
>>     
Thanks Ian / Oliver
> HIC (I can't get used to it) 
Medical Care Australia is something doctors provide. Recidivists like us
should avoid the newspeak when referring to the Health Insurance
Commission.

> have stated on the record that they *will* accept 
>   
How do I access that determination?

> a scanned image of the referral letter as proof that the referral took place,
> they do not insist the paper original be kept.
>
> They don't say the scanning has the take place in the specialist's surgery...
>
> Ian
Signatures can be a problem in generated documents. Time to find that
Viner Hand ITC again.

David

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