Practice Sustanability & Benchmarking Seminar - Best Practice News Alert 140

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HEALTH & LIFE’S BEST PRACTICE NEWS ALERT CURRENT CIRCULATION: DATE: ISSUE NO:

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Welcome to Health & Life’s free email newsletter service. Tell a friend that we would be happy to add their email address to the distribution list. This service is to provide Health and Life’s clients and those who attended our presentations with up to date information on key financial and practice management issues that may affect your practice. Please do not use this as a substitute to seeking professional advice. Writer in charge: Mr David Dahm CPA, BA Acc, FTIA, FFin, FAAPM,GLF.

Practice Sustainability and Best Practice Financial Benchmarking Seminar, plus more. Conference and Seminar Diary Dates: th

1. Medicare On-Line (New) – Getting paid the next day! – AAPM SA - 13 March & 2 2007

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2. Practice Sustainability and Best Practice Financial Benchmarking – AAPM Staff Development th Day Program - Melbourne 24 March 2007 3. “Who’s the boss? Please don’t take it personally!” Shadow Directors are you one? – AAPM National Conference, Hobart 16 - 19 October 2007 See below for further information. th

1. Medicare On-Line (New) – Getting paid the next day! AAPM SA - 13 March & the 2 April 2007

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On-line claiming Medicare On-Line aims to process patient claims within 3-4 days. Most practice software is now compatible with Medicare On-Line. Why not take advantage of the $750 incentive payment that is available? Electronic claiming – New & Improved Claiming System!! Electronic Medicare claiming is a fast, easy and convenient new claiming channel which will be available in the second half of this year. It allows you and your patients to lodge Medicare claims using the existing EFTPOS terminals already in most surgeries. When a patient’s card is swiped through a standard EFTPOS terminal, firstly Medicare will confirm that the patient exists and confirm and apply any concession status that patient may be entitled to. Secondly the bank will credit the doctor’s account on the next working day. Currently this payment takes up to three weeks. If there is a gap, the patient can pay the gap directly at


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