Health Professional Online Services (HPOS)
GPs and practice managers are reminded that Medicare’s HPOS provides a single entry point for a wide range of services for health professionals. Logging on with a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) individual certificate gives access to the full range of information and services available through HPOS, including:
- Patient Verification;
- Patient Care Plan history;
- Medicare services, including Easyclaim processing and payment reports;
- Centrelink forms;
- Practice Incentive Programs registration;
- MBS Items Online Checker, which allows health professionals to check a patient’s eligibility to claim against 98 MBS item numbers;
- eHealth Record System;
- DVA CVC Patient Treatment Reports;
- Healthcare Identifiers Service;
- Australian Childhood Immunisation Register;
- National Bowel Cancer Screening Program;
- Prescription Shopping Information Program; and
- Rural Incentive Programs.