14 August Help your patients know when to claim online August 14, 2018 By Danielle Cranefield Announcement, Services Australia 0 If you claim a Medicare benefit for a patient, remind them they don’t need to submit a claim online to get their benefit. The Department of Human Services made changes to improve patients’ Medicare online accounts. Patients can now claim a rebate for all items and the claiming process is easier. Since the Department made these changes, more people are submitting their claims online, but they’ve noticed some patients are claiming benefits for services the practice has already claimed for them. If your practice claims benefits for patients, please let your patients know you’ve submitted their claim and they don’t need to do anything else to get their benefit. Read more (Source: Department of Human Services) Related Articles PDF Download: My Health Record helps you help your patient: A Mental Health Case study A PDF document for the webinar, My Health Record helps you help your patient: A Mental Health Case study, by the Australian Digital health Agency on the 14 March, 2019 is now available for download. 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. Register to use SafeScript and keep your patients on the safe side! SafeScript will soon roll out across Victoria. If doctors in your practice have not already registered, they will soon be emailed a link and instructions. Alternatively, they can register now atwww.safescript.vic.gov.au. A new trial service to help patients better manage their medication after they leave hospital will be launched at Box Hill in Victoria on 14 March 2019 Poor medication management during or immediately after a hospital stay is a risk factor in 28% of potentially avoidable hospital re-admissions within 30 days. DC MedsRec is a community pharmacy-based service for patients discharged from Box Hill Hospital with four or more medicines, designed to help reduce the risk of harm from dangerous drug interactions. Logged into MyGov to do your tax? Get a healthy start to the new financial year Is your practice prepared for a data breach? Comments are closed.