On Friday 13 April 2007 7:41 am, Simon James wrote: > I've dredged out some questions and comments from previous posts relating > to this subject (hopefully the context is obvious): > > Q) How many more? What is the minimum number and what is the maximum > number of keystrokes that specialists' staff will have to enter? > > Q) Why only on the next working day and not within the next minute? What > prevents payment within the next minute? > > Q) As a patient, how do I know that my consultation details (demographics, > medicare no, Items claimed, etc) are not being harvested at the POS by > an Insurance Company affiliated with the bank? > > Comment) Also one of the set of keystrokes is obviously the item number, so > there is lots of potential for data entry errors, and there is no > information about how they'd be handled. Do you need the patient to swipe > their card again, as its obviously the confirmation that the patient is > involved in the process? > > Comment) What is missing from this list is where the patient pays the gap > or some lesser portion of the bill: this is neither a "paid patient claim" > nor an "unpaid account" as described on the Medicare page. Presumably the > patient pays the gap, possibly by credit or debit card (one swipe) and then > swipes his or her Medicare card to get the Medicare benefit cheque > generated (2 swipes). > > Comment from me) I note that this week, NAB joined CommBank as the (only > 2?) banks signed on for the scheme. > > Does anyone have any more to add? > > Thanks, > Simon
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