RE: [GPCG_TALK] Referrals from a specialists perspective

[Thinus van Rensburg]

> 
> Thinus,
> 
> Are you a specialist or a GP.
GP
>Duncan is talking about 
> referrals, which if faxed are supposed to be followed up with 
> the original copy.
I realise that - he also said that he scanned these in and now the HIC are
insisting on seeing the papercopies - that is what the whole debate is
about.
> 
> If you are talking, on the other hand, about DB4 vouchers, 
> which GPs use when they bulk-bill, the paper with the 
> patient's signature has to be kept for Medicare's auditing 
> purposes for two years, if you are doing electronic claiming.
I know - we are fully "paperless" and these DB4 are taking up huge amount of
space. I'm currently shoving the boxes under the floorboards at home but if
I run out of space I start shredding - 2 years or not. I see no reason why
the pdf copies should not be accepted. 
T
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