Medcast Education: Medicare Billing Business Skills Hub
Free Medicare billing education – delivered online in partnership with Medcast. EMPHN is providing free, GP developed online education for clinical and non‑clinical healthcare providers.
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Who is Medcast
Medcast is an Australian health professional educational company that designs, delivers and hosts continuing professional development (CPD) and training for health workforce. Medcast provide tailored education resources with the aim to improve healthcare quality by translating evidence and guidelines into practical, accessible education using modern learning design and technology.
About the Medcast Medicare Billing Business Skills Hub
The Medcast Medicare Billing Business Skills Hub will enhance your Medicare billing knowledge, sharpen your business skills, and gain practical insights you can apply immediately.
Whether you’re experienced in Medicare Billing or just starting out, these FastTrack modules help you deliver excellent patient care while supporting a compliant, sustainable practice.
How the Medicare Billing Business Skills Hub can support you and your clinic
The Medicare Billing Business Skills Hub provides 12 FastTracks and recorded webinars.
FastTracks are short, focused learning modules that provide healthcare professionals with:
- Clinical and/or business fact sheets
- Paired with Multiple Choice Questions/Quizzes
- 1 hour of CPD (0.5hrs Educational Activities (EA) and 0.5hrs Reviewing Performance (RP))
You can either self-report CPD to your CPD home, or Medcast will track your learning via your personal CPD tracker, allowing you to download a report to record CPD hours.
Topics covered in the FastTrack Series
FastTrack topics are released periodically. Register for the hub to be notified when topics become available.
The 12 FastTrack topics include:
- Chronic Condition Management (CCM) item numbers
- Menopause item numbers
- Health assessments – MBS Billing
- BBPIP – MBS Billing
- Skin essentials item numbers
- Principals of co-billing and split billing
- LARC in the MBS
- MyMedicare rules and impacts on billing
- First Nations Health and Wellbeing item number and workflows
- Procedural/practical items
- Mental Health items
- GPACI – MBS Billing
Topics covered in the recorded CPD webinar series
- The simple dos and don’ts of Medicare Billing: How to bill well and sleep well! – 1hr
- Essential MBS Billing for skin consults – 1hr
Who can access the Medicare Billing Business Skills Hub?
EMPHN are offering free access to the Medcast Business Skills Hub for general practice health professionals who work within the EMPHN catchment including GPs, Practice Managers, Practice Nurses and Practice staff.
Once your registration is processed and access to the Hub has been granted, you can view the Hub Guide here: Medcast Medicare Billing Business Skills Hub Access Guide
Register your interest for the Medicare Billing Business Skills Hub
Registration to access training will be processed within 1 week.