Patient Claims
For private billing, transmit patient claims to Medicare so that patients can receive a rebate from Medicare as part of the billing process.
Submit patient claims through either Easyclaim or Medicare Online Claiming for paid consults. Claims are automatically submitted to Services Australia for eligible patients when you process billing and issue the claim.
Statement of Claim and Benefit and Lodgement Advice
When a patient Medicare claim is
submitted on behalf of a claimant, the health service must issue either of the following to
the claimant:
- Statement of Claim and Benefit - provide to the claimant when a patient claim has been lodged in real time, processed by Services Australia and a benefit amount returned to the claimant.
- Lodgement Advice - provided to the claimant when a patient claim has been lodged in real time and referred to Services Australia for action.
Helix generates the relevant report based on the claim details, and response from Services Australia, and a report can be provided to the patient. To access the reports, in the main menu, select tab.