6.2 Partially Paid Patient claims
A Partially Paid Patient Claim exists when a portion of an account of the medical
practitioner has been paid.
Where Medicare Australia assesses that a rebate is payable, Medicare Australia will issue a
statement and a Pay Doctor via Claimant (PDVC) cheque, which is mailed to the claimant’s
address that is recorded with Medicare Australia. Where no benefit is assessed as payable,
a statement will be forwarded to the claimant’s address that is recorded with Medicare
Australia.
The claimant is then responsible for forwarding the cheque, with any outstanding amount,
to the medical practitioner.
Repeat the steps in section 6.1 until you reach the ACCOUNT PAID menu.
ACCOUNT PAID
1 FULLY PAID
2 PARTIALLY PAID
3 UNPAID
Press 2 to select PARTIALLY PAID.
ACCOUNT REF. NO
Enter the account reference number or just
press ENTER.
DATE OF SERVICE
DDMMYY
080208
Press ENTER to accept default date. If a
different date is required, press CLEAR to
remove default date then enter correct date in
format ddmmyy and press ENTER.
CONNECTING TO HOST
PLEASE WAIT…
MBS ITEM 1
Select first MBS Item number. Select PREV or
NEXT from the menu by pressing the CHQ or
CR soft-function keys until you locate the MBS
ITEM NUMBER.
CHARGE AMOUNT 1
Press ENTER to accept the amount displayed,
or to enter a different amount, press CLEAR
then enter the amount and press ENTER.
PATIENT CONTRIB AMOUNT 1
Enter the patient contribution amount then
press ENTER.
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