Step-by-step guidance:MyMedicare and GPACI program and patient registration

 

 

Link Providers
  • Go to services, continue under organisation 
  • Select ‘Organisation Register’ tile 
  • Click on the ‘Associated Sites’ tab, then click on the Site ID number (in blue) 
  • Click on the ‘Provider’ tab, then select ‘Add provider’ 
  • Repeat the below steps for each provider 
  • Enter the Provider Number, then select find 
  • Check the box to agree to the declaration, then select ‘confirm’ 
  • If the address of the provider is different to the site address you may receive a warning message. This is a secondary check to ensure the provider is associated to your site. Check the box to ‘agree’, then select ‘confirm’. 
  • Once all providers are added click ‘Submit’, scroll to the bottom and select ‘save’ 
Add MyMedicare Program
  • Go to services, continue under organisation 
  • Select ‘Organisation Register’ tile 
  • Click on the ‘Associated Sites’ tab, then click on the Site ID number (in blue) 
  • Go to ‘Program Registration’ tab, use the drop-down to select ‘MyMedicare’, then select ‘add program’ 
  • Program registration details screen will appear, under banking details select ‘add’ 
  • Choose type of account (bank) details, existing will provide bank details already in HPOS, or you can choose to add new bank details. 
  • If you chose ‘enter new account’, under account details enter the bank details in the relevant fields 
  • Check the box to agree to declaration, select confirm, then select ‘save’. 
  • Select ‘submit’, scroll down the page and then select ‘save’. 
  • You now have to wait 24 hours before GPACI will appear as a program option. Proceed to complete steps to register patients to MyMedicare. After 24-hours, to complete GPACI registration go to Register your organisation for MyMedicare GPACI 
  • Select ‘details’ in action column against the MyMedicare program 
  • Select your MyMedicare preference for patient initiated pending registrations, then select save. 
  • Select submit, scroll to the bottom of the page and select ‘save. 
Patient Eligibility requirements
  • Two face to face MBS &/or DVA services with the practice within the previous 24 months on separate days; or 
  • One face to face MBS &/or DVA service with the practice in MMM 6 or 7 locations within the previous 24 months 
Patient exemption eligibility
  • Child under 18 registered at the same practice 
  • Patient registered at preferred GP’s previous practice 
  • Practice check – one in 24 months with practice 
  • Practice check – two in 24 months with practice 
  • Parent/guardian registered at the same practice 
  • Patient experiencing Family and Domestic Violence 
  • Patient experiencing Homelessness 
Register patients to MyMedicare for General Practice
  • Go to services, continue under organisation 
  • Select the MyPrograms tile, select the MyMedicare tile, then select Patient List 
  • If you don’t see the MyMedicare tile, ensure steps were completed to; 
  • Activate organisation site record 
  • Add MyMedicare under Program registration 
  • Assign the correct attributes to your profile for the organisation in RPODA 
  • Select ‘Register a patient’, find a patient screen will appear 
  • Select search type, either DVA patient or Medicare patient, then select Medicare Card or DVA file number. (For MyMedicare you can only use Medicare Card or DVA file numbers NOT the patient name and DOB) 
  • Enter the relevant details under Medicare Search, select the declaration tick-box, then select ‘find’ 
  • Results window will appear, select the correct patient, then select next 
  • Check again you have the correct patient, then select ‘Register for MyMedicare’ 
  • Choose ‘select’ in the action column, next to the relevant practice for patient registration. If practice has more than one site, a list of all sites will be available to select. 
  • Select a preferred GP window will appear, choose ‘select’ in the action column next to the relevant preferred GP for the patients registration.  
  • If only one eligible provider at the practice then the provider will automatically be assigned and you will be taken to the next screen. 
  • System will verify if the patient claim history meets one of the eligibibilty requirements 
  • If verified, patient registration confirmation will appear, and patient eligibility reason will appear as ‘Verified by system check’ 
  • If not verified, a message will populate at top of the registration page, you’re required to select an applicable patient eligibility reason to continue, then select next. 
  • Note patient exemption on registration form if paper form was completed 
  • Select demographic option, according to if patient provided additional voluntary questions or not 
  • Select ‘not provided’ if patient didn’t answer any of the questions 
  • Select ‘Demographics’, if patient answered all or some of the question 
  • Select the answer from the drop-down boxes for each question, then select next 
  • If an answer is not provided, select ‘next, don’t use ‘prefer not to answer’ unless the patient has specifically selected that answer. 
  • Select the ‘tick-box’ to accept the declaration, then select ‘confirm’
  • Select view patient list, then select the patient you have just entered and confirm that their registration type is ‘completed’, meaning the details were provided by the registration form and signed by a patient.  
  • If pending, go ahead and select ‘completed, then select Next. 
  • To view all registered patients, go back through the MyMedicare tile and simply click ‘search’ and your current register patients list for MyMedicare will appear 
Add MyMedicare GPACI program
  • Login to PRODA
  • Go to HPOS, continue under organisation not individual
  • Go to Organisation register tile (green tile) on the HPOS home screen
  • Click on the Organisation name, it will open to ‘Organisation Register – Organisation Record’.
  • Your organisation site and ID should appear, click on the site ID number
  • Navigate to the ‘Programs’ tab
  • Use the drop down and select ‘MyMedicare GP ACI’, then select ‘add new program’.
  • MyMedicare GPACI details screen will appear, review and complete the fields on the Program details screen and select ‘save’
  • Select submit, scroll down and then select ‘save.
  • MyMedicare GPACI should now appear and the banking details will match MyMedicare.

Note: Banking details for the incentive are sourced from the MyMedicare program Registration, any changed to banking details must be made against the MyMedicare program registration ‘details’.

Add GPACI Incentive Indicator to an Aged Care patient
  • Login to PRODA 
  • Go to HPOS continue under organisation not individual 
  • Select the My Programs tile, then select the MyMedicare tile 
  • Select Patient Lists, select the organisation site (if more then one organisation site, if single site just continue to next step) 
  • Use the search fields to search for patient, or cclick the search button without filling in any search criteria and scroll through your list to find the eligible patient 
  • Select ‘add’ in action column, new MyMedicare GPACI details screen will appear 
  • Navigate to the ‘New incentive’ drop down list, select ‘MyMedicare GP ACI’, then select ‘add’. 
  • Under ‘Incentive period’ select ‘Add’ and add a start date (add an end date if applicable), then select ‘Confirm’. 
  • Under responsible provider, select ‘add’ 
  • Select the responsible provider from the dropdown and add ‘start date’ (add end date if applicable) 
  • Select ‘confirm’, then check the box in the declaration section and select ‘save. 
  • Repeat steps 7 – 12 for each eligible MyMedicare GPACI patient. 

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Our regional partners

  • Local Health District partners in our footprint: Mid North Coast Local Health District (MNCLHD) & Northern New South Wales Local Health District (NNSWLHD)
  • Aboriginal Medical Services (AMS)
  • The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
  • Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
  • Rural Doctors Network (RDN)
  • Rural Clinical Schools & Regional Training Hubs
  • General Practitioners
  • Registrars and International Medical Graduates
  • North Coast Allied Health Association (NCAHA)
  • Local Councils
    Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA)
  • Universities including: Charles Sturt University (CSU), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Southern Cross University (SCU)

Aged Care Disaster Management Planning

Strategic Priority Area: One team

North Coast is identified as the region most likely to be impacted by climate change in Australia and also forecasted greatest growth in those 65+.

Healthy North Coast takes a lead role in ensuring the older population and the sector that supports them are prepared for, can respond to and recover from disasters and other emergencies.

We have led eight regional disaster management capacity building workshops, bringing together SES, community organisations and the aged care sector.

We have also developed disaster preparedness tip sheets for both residential and community aged care providers.

Voluntary Assisted Dying

Strategic Priority Area: One team

In May 2022, the NSW Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022. Effective from Tuesday, 28 November 2023, eligible people have the choice to access voluntary assisted dying. 

Healthy North Coast has developed a webpage for both health professionals and consumers, with links to available information and resources.

Living with Dementia resources

Strategic Priority Area: No one is left behind

Healthy North Coast has worked with people living with dementia, their families and local service providers to develop an information booklet that will help them connect with local and national supports along their journey.

Highly regarded by a range of professional supporting those on or starting the dementia journey, the booklet includes commonly asked questions for people to ask their GP and/or specialist.

“It’s a fantastic resource and I give it to everyone on their first diagnosis. Its easy to read, so well planned and thought through and has lots of really useful information, tailored to the region.
I also find it very helpful when educating clinical staff.”

−Geropsychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Mid North Coast.

The resource is available in digital and printed copies, with more than 5,000 distributed across the region. An e-version is available to clinicians via the Dementia and Cognitive Impairment HealthPathway.

Deteriorating Resident Triage Tool Pilot

Strategic Priority Area: One team

The Deteriorating Resident Response Tool (DRRT) has been developed to guide RN’s in Residential Aged Care homes (RACHs) to better understand, anticipate and make clinical decisions responding to the deteriorating health of residents.

The objective of the DRRT is to give RACH staff clear information to triage and provide appropriate care for a range of residents’ health conditions, and, in turn, prevent unnecessary presentations to ED.

The tool has been designed together with a specialist geriatrician, consulting with stakeholders such as Residential Aged Care Managers, NSW Ambulance, GPs, and experts from Mid and North Coast LHDs.

The pilot commences in March with four participating RACHs. Evaluation measures will include effectiveness in building RN confidence and reported reduction in unnecessary hospitalisations. Findings will inform a future planned, region-wide implementation.

North Coast Care Finders Program

Strategic Priority Area: No one is left behind

The Care Finders program is a free region-wide service to support vulnerable older people who have no-one else to help them, to learn about, apply for and set up support services.

Care finders can help people understand what aged care services are available, set up an assessment, and find and choose services. They also help people with access to other supports in the community, both accessing services for the first time and changing or finding new services and supports.

On the North Coast, Healthy North Coast has commissioned four organisations to provide this important service: EACH, Carexcell, Lifetime Connect and Footprints.

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Psychological services in residential aged care homes

Strategic Priority Area: Improving Lives Now

Healthy North Coast commissions two service providers to deliver psychological therapies and supports for older people with, or at risk of developing, a mental illness and who are living in residential aged care homes (RACHs).

The aim of the program is to both provide direct support to residents and their families and carers, as well as upskill the RACH workforce to respond to the needs of residents presenting with mental health concerns.

Social prescribing (Healthy Me Healthy Community)

Strategic Priority Area: Securing a Healthier Future

Delivered by Feros Care, the Healthy Me, Healthy Community program aims to build individual and community connections to reduce loneliness and improve wellbeing in Port Macquarie.

The program helps people to connect with community, activities, supports and services that address their broader social determinants of health, as an alternative or supplement to a clinical approach.

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Telehealth in Residential Aged Care

Strategic Priority Area: Improving Lives Now

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety identified several critical areas affecting aged care residents and our health system. Key challenges include:

  • Limited access to general practitioners (GPs) and allied health professionals in aged care facilities.
  • Difficulties accessing out-of-hours services

Telehealth offers valuable opportunities to enhance support for residents living in aged care homes. Funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, this initiative provides telehealth equipment and staff training as part of the response to the Royal Commission’s findings.

By improving access to primary care clinicians, specialist services, and other service providers through telehealth, we can significantly enhance health outcomes for residents, reducing unnecessary hospital transfers and emergency department visits.

The selection of telehealth equipment was guided by our Healthy Ageing Strategy (HAS), a comprehensive digital discovery questionnaire, and consultation workshops with various stakeholders. These efforts included interviews with residents to understand their attitudes toward telehealth, ensuring the initiative meets their needs and preferences.

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Greater Choice at Home Palliative Care Program

Strategic Priority Area: Improving Lives Now

Aims to provide people who have life limiting conditions the opportunity to exercise choice and receive high quality care at home, harnessing improved and better coordinated supports and services that meet their individual needs.

Program objectives:

  • Improve access to palliative care at home and support end-of-life care systems and services (in primary health care and community care)
  • To enable the right care at the right time and in the right place (to reduce unnecessary hospitalisation)
  • Generate and use data to support continuous improvement of services across sectors
  • Use available technologies to support flexible and responsive palliative care at home, including in the after-hours.

These objectives will contribute to achieving the following intended overarching outcomes of:

  • Improved capacity and responsiveness of services to meet local needs and priorities
  • Improved patient access to quality palliative care services in the home
  • Improved coordination of care for patients across health care providers and integration of palliative care services in their region.

Education & training funding elibility

Funding is open to all primary care providers within disaster affected communities across the Healthy North Coast footprint.

Workforce Locum support and R&R funding criteria

  • Available to primary care services in disaster impacted communities within the Healthy North Coast footprint.
  • Available to support short-term workforce coverage, allowing clinicians to rest and recover.
  • Workforce-support funding in total is capped for each site, over a 12-month period:
    • $10k for GPs and/or
    • $5K for nursing and/or
    • $5k administration support and/or
    • $5K allied/pharmacy and other.
  • Funding is not to be used to fill gaps in staffing that have not been able to recruit to and not to replace existing staff.
  • Healthy North Coast will assess requirements and approve available funding directly with the service requesting support.
  • Priority will be given to sites that have immediate, short-term workforce support needs.
  • Requests will be reviewed and supported on a case-by-case basis.
  • Program funding administered via RCTI Agreement (Recipient Created Tax Invoice) to be paid monthly, or on completion of the placement (whichever comes first).
  • Practices will be required to complete a request for payment form monthly, or on completion of the placement (whichever occurs first).

Wellbeing Flexible Funding Criteria & Eligibility

  • Open to all primary care providers within disaster affected communities across the Healthy North Coast footprint.
  • Activity must be purposeful, with the aim of increasing the wellbeing of your team.
  • Requests will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, with funding allocated based on team size.*
  • Following approval by Healthy North Coast, funding will be administered via RCTI Agreement (Recipient Created Tax Invoice) upon providing proof of expenses.
  • Funding cannot be used for the purchase of alcohol, or any other goods or services where the vendor cannot quote their Australian Business Number.
  • Planned activities must occur prior to 30th June 2024.
  • Funding will not be available for retrospective activities.
*Team Size
(Total staff and contractors)
Funding Available
Small (1-5)$500-$1500
Medium (6-20)$1500-$4000
Large (>20)$4000-$5000