Add a New Centre

Add a new centre and related information such as centre profile, billing, organisation site ID, clinical, messaging settings and other centre settings.

Before you begin

Permissions:
  • Update Centre Settings

About this task

Add a new centre in the Centre Management window from the Settings iconSettings menu.

Procedure

To add a new centre:
  1. Select User iconuser > Settings iconSettings.
  2. In the Settings window, select Centre > Centre Settings.
  3. In the Centre Management window, click Add new centreAdd New.
    The Add Centre window is displayed. Complete the centre information on each tab:
    Add Centre details
    1. On the Centre Profile tab, enter the Internal Name, Trading Name, Company Name, ABN, HPI-O, Ancillary Provider Number, Management Group, MyMedicare Organisation Site ID and the Practice's Address, Postal Address, and Contact Details:
      • To update the company's details, in the Company Name field, click Update Company and in the Update Company panel, add the required company's details.
      • To record your organisation's site ID for MyMedicare, in the MyMedicare Organisation Site ID field, enter the 10-digit ID number to use when checking a patient's MyMedicare registration and eligibility status. The site ID is linked to your health service's MyMedicare registration in Health Professional Online Services (HPOS).
      • The provided MyMedicare Organisation Site ID is only applicable for this centre and you can find your organisation site ID when you sign up with MyMedicare Online.
    2. On the Billing tab, add account details, default billing type, default billing items for different scenarios and your Modified Monash Category for billing incentive items. For more information, see Configure Centre Billing.
    3. On the Integrated Payments & Claiming tab, enable integrated payments and link terminals, such as Tyro.
    4. On the Messaging Providers tab, manage how messages are communicated with pathology, imaging, and Secure Message Delivery (SMD) providers. For more information, see Configure Investigation and Secure Messaging Providers.
    5. On the Work Area tab, click Add Centre - IconAdd and from the Work Area Name list, select the required work area for your centre and set fee schedules:
      Add work area
      • To add more work area, repeat the process.
      • To make a work area active, set Active.
      • To add a custom work area:
        1. From the Work Area Name field, select Custom.
        2. In the Custom Work Area field, enter the work area you want.
        3. Click OK.
    6. On the Pathology Settings tab, select the pathology labs you want to use for Pathology Requests and set a default lab. For more information about pathology requests, see Pathology Requests.
    7. On the Imaging Settings tab, specify the imaging labs you want to use for imaging request and set a default lab. For more information, see Radiology Imaging Requests.
    8. On the Electronic Prescribing tab, set your ePrescribing timeout, after which Helix tries to send the prescription again or reverts to a printed script. For more information about electronic prescribing in Helix, see Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions.
    9. On the Settings tab, select your time zone.
  4. Click Save.

Results

A new centre is added to the Centre Management list.