Simon James wrote:
But in the very least, this will minimise the number of Medicare
cheques in the system and provide increased efficiency to all? How
many Medicare cheques do practices bank a month?
We bank only a few. This is because we receive only a few, because most
of our patients pay us in full (because we charge 25% more if they
don't). I asked a couple of weeks ago whether any practices had decided
to not to bank Medicare 'pay doctor' cheques and instead wait for
Medicare to deposit the money into their bank accounts under the 90 day
unpresented cheque scheme. I am seriously thinking of implementing this
in my practice. It would save our staff from trying to work out whether
to try banking each Medicare 'pay doctor' cheque or not, because we have
deposited cheques that patients have brought in a few weeks after
receiving them and been charged an unpaid 'cheque fee' by the bank when
the bank found that Medicare had already cancelled the cheque under the
90 day scheme.
--
Oliver Frank, general practitioner
255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens, South Australia 5086
Phone 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 Mobile 0407 181 683
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