Automated Fee Updates

• On our receiving fee schedules from Medicare, DVA, Health Funds and WorkCover, these are pushed out and automatically updated in DCM. Old fees are not replaced allowing for prior billing or future estimate of cost based on the Date of Service (DOS).
• A Notification pops up on the bottom right-hand side of your monitor, informing of any Fee Update. Should you not view this notification at the time it pops up, there will be a green envelop up to the left of the Calendar in The CONTROL Centre.

• Select this to view Notifications or go to Links and Support - Notifications

Forced Update

• Utilities - Update Fees details the date that the fees were last updated and the latest fees available
• Select Update Fees if instructed by DCM or if wanting to ensure you have the latest

View Fee Schedules

• Go to Links and Support - Fee Schedules to view current and past fees
• AMA update their fees on 1 November each year
• NSW WorkCover is based on the AMA fee but do not update their schedule until the following 1 February
• Medicare regularly introduce new Item Codes and cease others throughout the year. On their doing so, Health Funds have to provide updates. Should they not the new Item Code will populate with 100% of the Medicare Fee

Be comfortable in knowing that the correct fee will populate on the IFC/Invoice based on the Date of Service (DOS). 

Please note ...

The Annual Support includes regular fee updates for Medicare, DVA, Work Cover and Health Funds. It is, however, the sole responsibility of the Client to ensure that all fees being invoiced are correct.

The Client acknowledges that Direct Control is reliant upon third parties to provide it with information regarding fees and any changes thereto and Direct Control makes no representation or warranty as to the timing or accuracy of the information provided to it by such third parties.

The above notwithstanding, Direct Control will use its best endeavours to ensure that fee schedules are accurate and up to date in accordance with the information provided to Direct Control.  Further, Direct Control will use its best endeavours to implement any fee changes and update the Software (as necessary) as soon as practical upon Direct Control becoming aware of any change in fees.

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