> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James > Sent: Wednesday, 21 February 2007 12:26 PM > > The federal government put in place legislation determining > electronic images of original documents are valid.
That is in the real world. I think that the federal government can make its own different rules for the Medicare Benefits Schedule, and can decide that an original paper copy of a referral made on paper must be held by the specialist for Medicare Benefits to be payable at the referred rate. Nothing to do with rest of the world outside the Medicare Benefits system. > The high court has ruled- Scanned documents are acceptable > for evidence purposed. Unless there is a specific legislative > override to scan documents for medical specialist Which I suspect there may be, for the special and specific purpose of Medicare Benefits - but I haven't looked at the relevant documents. > Object in writing and > demand the auditor proves the legislation supporting his > rather stupid argument. Do not accept guidelines. Demand the > legislation. > I agree with this approach to be shown the actual requirements as they are legislated. > I wonder if you just had a ill-informed auditor with a paper fetish? > It is certainly possible that a Medicare Australia official may believe something without having made really sure that what he or she believes is actually correct. Oliver Frank, general practitioner 255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens South Australia 5086 Ph. 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 M 0407 181 683 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
