> Horst Herb wrote: > > On Monday 16 October 2006 08:02, Ian Haywood wrote: > > > > We would (use Medicare Online Claiming) if the online claiming would allow gap payments
My staff have just confirmed that if the patient decides to pay only the gap, they can still submit the patient's claim via Medicare Online Claiming. Medicare then sends a cheque to the patient payable to us, which the patient is expected to forward to us. This is exactly the same process as if we (or the patient) had posted a claim form to Medicare, showing that the patient had paid only the gap. The only differences are a) that the process of submitting the claim is easier and quicker via the online system and b) the claim is at Medicare sooner than if we or the patient had posted it in. Oliver Frank, general practitioner 255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens South Australia 5086 Ph. 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
