Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of subsection 20(5) of the Act, this section prescribes the circumstances in which an amount may be paid under subsection 20(3) of the Act, by means of electronic transmission to a bank account, to a general practitioner, specialist or consultant physician by whom, or on whose behalf, a professional service was rendered.
Note: For payments to specialists and consultant physicians, see also subsection 20(6) of the Act and section 64 of this instrument.
(2) An amount may be paid by electronic transmission if the claim for medicare benefit in respect of the service was made using one of the following electronic claiming channels:
(a) Medicare Online;
(b) Medicare Easyclaim;
(c) ECLIPSE.
(3) For a general practitioner, an amount may also be paid by electronic transmission if the general practitioner:
(a) is enrolled, for the location at which the 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 under subsection 20(3) of the Act; and
(b) has given the Chief Executive Medicare written permission to give to the Reserve Bank of Australia:
(i) the name and number of the account into which a payment may be made; and
(ii) the name and BSB number of the bank at which that account is kept.