You should have received your practice coverage rates by now.
Practices should expect to receive their GPII20A Reports in the post by mid December. Work on the GPII20A report should be finalised and updates sent to ACIR by late January 2010 to meet the Recalculation.
GPII Practice Coverage Calculation - November 2009
The GPII assessment is based on children who visited the practice at least twice, for any Medicare consultation, between 1st July 2008 and 31st June 2009.
GPII 20A Practice Reports & Recalculation:
The 20A report lists the children who were not fully immunised in the November 2009 Calculation. Data cleaning with the 20A is the key to achieving a better result in the November 2009 Recalculation due in early February 2010
The Recalculation re-assesses the immunisation status of those children identified on the GPII 20A report.
The Recalculation is the last opportunity for practices to achieve 90% and the associated Outcomes Payments for this quarter. (Outcomes Payments are $3.50 x WPE for practices >90%).
Practices who do not receive their copy by end December should make enquiries with the GPII office, on 1800 246 101. The 20A report is also available electronically on the ACIR secure site. Providers need to log in using their secure access and order the 20A from the 'Reports' menu. Reports are produced within 48 hours.
New Registrars need to have a signed 46E Agreement submitted with Medicare Australia; otherwise, their practice's 20A report will be withheld.
The 46E Agreement can be downloaded from the Medicare Australia website:
http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/providers/forms/incentives_allowances.htm
