Cedric Meyerowitz wrote:
Greg
The way I read Duncan's letter, he is saying that if they scan a GP referral
the patient gives them, they still have to keep that paper original as well.
Cedric
Yep.
No doubt about it in my mind. He needs to check that part of the
Mediguide to see if it tells him how long for.
Greg
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Thinus van Rensburg wrote:
You missed my point - why can I scan it and then shred the paper copy
and he cannot? If they are saying to him it is illegal when will they
start coming after us and want paper copies of documents. For instance
we scann all the signed medicare vouchers and burn the submitted
batches to disk - I do hang on to the paperwork at present but plan on
shredding once space beomes an issue - I cannot see why this should be
a problem as I have PDF copies that was scanned in
Thinus,
Are you a specialist or a GP. Duncan is talking about referrals, which
if faxed are supposed to be followed up with the original copy.
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.
It's all in Medicare's Mediguide.
http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/resources/medicare/mediguide/ma_mediguid
e_edition10.pdf
Greg
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