ONLY a tiny proportion of patient reimbursement claims have been lodged using the controversial Medicare Easyclaim system in its first six months of operation, with critics saying it is too complex and still not integrated with practice management software.But Medicare has described the take up of Easyclaim as positive and expects a considerable increase in coming months as more banks offer the system.Of the 29 million patient claims received by Medicare Australia from July to December 2007 only 88,000 or 0.3% were through Easyclaim. A further 2.67 million claims or 9% of all claims were received through Medicare Online. About 7100 medical practices currently use Medicare Online, while 890 practices use Easyclaim. Medicare has received feedback...
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