PracSoft and Medicare Online
Important information for all Medicare Online users
Medicare Online PKI certificates were renewed on October 6, 2005. The one-month grace period for renewing your certificates is about to expire.
For update instructions and FAQs, please follow Knowledge Base Article:
GEN-09 - Medicare Online PKI Site-Certificate Renewal
You will also need to download and run the PKI Certificate Manager Installer application.
PKI Certificate Manager Installer.exe (680kb)
(1st November, 2005)
PracSoft 3.0 and later versions allow secure transmission of Medicare bulk bill claims, DVA claims and ACIR immunisation data, as well as real-time verification of patient Medicare details.
PracSoft 3.1 and later versions also allow transmission of Medicare claims to HIC on behalf of your privately billed patients.
Benefits of Medicare Online
- Sign-on payment from HIC of $750 for metro practices and $1000 for rural practices
- Faster payment of bulk bill claims (2 day turn around)
- Reduced paperwork
- Fewer claim rejections by HIC due to higher controls before claim is transmitted
- Real-time eligibility checking allows confirmation of a patient's Medicate eligibility before bulk billing
- The ability to electronically lodge Medicare claims on behalf of your privately billed patients (Patient Claiming), saving them a trip to the Medicare office
- PKI Security
Resources
Practices needing assistance installing PracSoft 3 and Medicare Online can click here to book a call from PracSoft support representative.
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