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Medicare & Health Funds fee schedules - 1 January 2019 [Expired]
Posted by Sinclair Hughes on 21 December 2018 03:01 PM
Medicare and some of the Health Funds have provided new fee schedules from the 1st January 2019.  
 
The list of Medicare items that have been modified is available from this link.

Display the Health Funds and Agencies that have updated their fees from this link

DO NOT IMPORT THE NEW SCHEDULE OF FEES UNTIL ALL SECRETARIES IN THE PRACTICE HAVE COMPLETED THEIR INVOICING FOR OCTOBER (or earlier).
Note that importing the schedule will not adjust the fees that each doctor chooses to charge. 

To download and import the new Medicare and Health Funds rates file:
  1. Log into SPM using a login that has permissions to access the Import option in the following locations.  
  2. Go to Utilities module then:
    • SPMc - click on the 'Rates' button (for Classic SPM)
    • SPMi - go to Import -> Health Fund rates (for Integrated SPM)
  3. Click on the button 'Download Rates.Aus file'.  Accept the default values and click on Go.
  4. When that has finished click Close and then choose 'Import Rates.Aus'
    Note - if you have already imported the rates during May you may need to use the 'Alternate' button on the import page to force the computer to use the latest rates file and not to reuse the file you previously downloaded.
The import process could take 15-20 minutes and can be completed while other staff are still using SPM - although as it may cause some slow-down the import process should ideally be performed when no-one is using SPM.

Advanced instructions for configuring the Health Funds in SPM, importing the Rates.AUS file and updating the specialist's individual charges are available in this document
If you have any queries regarding the importing of the new schedules please let us know and we will do our best to help you.