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Help your patients know when to claim online

If you claim a Medicare benefit for a patient, remind them they don’t need to submit a claim online to get their benefit.

DVA-funded diabetes memberships available to your DVA patients

Your veteran patients with diabetes can now access DVA-funded memberships to the Diabetes Association in their state or territory.

MedicalDirector: Runner-up on Most Innovative Companies List 2018

Clinical management software provider MedicalDirector has been named the second most innovative company in the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Most Innovative Companies list for 2018, with the company also taking out the top award in the Best Business Model Innovation category for its cloud product, Helix.

Reforms to Medicare compliance– firmer but fairer?

Law reforms introduced from 1 July 2018 have given Medicare stronger debt recovery powers. The legislation also provides for fairer approaches to compliance, by apportioning responsibility for overpayments between both doctors and their employers or contractors, including public hospitals.

Minister for Health, Greg Hunt said the legislation aims to deal with the “very, very small number of outliers” who don’t comply, at the same time acknowledging “the outstanding degree of integrity” among the medical workforce when the Act was being reviewed by Parliament.

Legislative changes to tighten privacy and security protections for My Health Record

In response to a growing privacy backlash, the Federal Government has announced legislative changes to My Health Record to restrict access by law enforcement and government agencies and allow records to be deleted by those who choose to withdraw from the system, with the opt out period also expected to be extended.