13AAPayment to general practitioner by electronic transmission (Act s 20(5))

#### 13AA Payment to general practitioner by electronic transmission (Act s 20(5)) (1) This regulation applies to the payment, by the Chief Executive Medicare on behalf of the Commonwealth, of an amount under subsection 20(3) of the Act to a general practitioner by whom, or on whose behalf, a professional service was rendered. (2) For subsection 20(5) of the Act, the amount may be paid by electronic transmission if the claim for medicare benefit for the service: (a) is made using any of the following electronic claiming channels: (i) Medicare Online; (ii) Medicare Easyclaim; (iii) ECLIPSE; or (b) is made by, or on behalf of, a general practitioner who: (i) is enrolled, for the location at which the professional service was rendered, in the scheme known as the ‘90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme’ administered by the Chief Executive Medicare for the purpose of making payments by electronic transmission of amounts to general practitioners under subsection 20(3) of the Act; and (ii) has given the Chief Executive Medicare written permission to give to the Reserve Bank of Australia the following information: (A) the name and number of the account into which a payment to the general practitioner under subsection 20(3) of the Act may be made; (B) the name and BSB number of the bank at which that account is kept. (3) For the purposes of section 20 of the Act: > general practitioner includes a medical practitioner (other than a specialist or consultant physician) who practises in general practice.