Medicare handling more claims in doctors’ surgeries
The Minister for Human Services, Chris Bowen, has announced a million claims milestone for patient electronic claiming for doctors’ bills from Medicare Australia.
One in four rebates are now claimed at medical practices.
More than one million services were processed using Medicare Easyclaim from over 15,440 providers across Australia, in November 2009.
This is up from approximately 560,000 services from 8,132 medical providers in April 2009, before the Government’s integration support package was implemented.
For the public, integrated electronic claiming means they are saved a trip to a Medicare office to make a patient claim.
This is particularly important for the elderly, those with young children and those living in regional areas, Mr Bowen said.
