GPII020A Practice Report
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The GPII020A Practice Report is an important tool which may assist practices in improving their overall immunisation coverage rate.
Information in the GPII020A Practice Report is directly related to the practice Statement of Payment sent each quarter. The report identifies children assessed as being not fully immunised by Medicare number, name and address. It also identifies for each child the assessment status at the time of the quarterly calculation.
This assessment status may be different if additional information (which may have been missing at the time of the quarterly calculation) has been recorded on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) in the period between the calculation and the generation of the GPII020A Practice Report.
The report provides practices with:
- The most current immunisation data recorded on the ACIR for each child listed as at the time of the report being generated
- identifies vaccines recorded on the ACIR after the calculation
- identifies vaccines required to be recorded on the ACIR in order for the child to be fully immunised
- can include single visits (practices requiring single visits to be included in their report should contact the GPII Enquiries line on 1800 246 101)
The provision of the most current data from the ACIR ensures practices do not waste time following up children where immunisation data missing at the time of the calculation has now been recorded on the ACIR.
A practice should review the GPII020A Practice Report as soon as it is received and forward any missing information to the ACIR promptly. Ideally, the information should be provided to the ACIR before the next quarter to ensure all additional vaccines are included in the re-calculation. If missing information is reported and processed by the ACIR prior to the recalculation, a practice’s coverage rate may rise and benefit by an adjustment in the Outcomes Payment for that quarter.
Eligibility
The GPII020A Practice Report can only be generated for practices that receive feedback statements. Only registered PIP/GPII practices with at least 10 Whole Patient Equivalents can request this report.
Access
The GPII020A Practice Report can be requested and produced via the Immunisation Register Internet site. A GP must first request access to the secured area of the Immunisation Register Internet site.
GPs without secure ACIR internet access may download a GPII020A Practice Report Request Form. The GPII020A Practice Report request form is to be completed and returned to:
Immunisation Section
Medicare Australia
GPO Box 295
HOBART TAS 7001
Fax: (03) 6281 0555
Providing all GPs in the practice have signed a privacy agreement, a hard copy report will be generated for the practice covering the previous quarterly calculation.
To enable Medicare Australia to release identified information via the GPII020A Practice Report, all GPs registered with the practice must sign a privacy agreement (Section 46E of the Health Insurance Act 1973).
For more information, please call the GPII enquiry line on 1800 246 101.
Note: Practices need only request their first GPII020A Practice Report. Thereafter Medicare Australia will automatically send reports each quarter after a calculation.
Last updated: 28 May, 2008