HICAPS and EFTPOS
In response to client requests HICAPS (Health Industry Claims and Payments Service) and EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale) are now available.
HICAPS is an electronic health claiming and payments system that lets you process your claim when you pay for your individual consultation. This saves you the time it takes either to:
- make a trip to your private health fund branch, or
- to fill in forms and send your claim in via Australia Post.
Classes and courses will still need to be claimed by presenting your receipt to your health insurer.
EFTPOS allows you to pay for goods and services electronically, for example to pay for your consultation using your credit card.
When you access your account (cheque, savings, credit or debit) electronically to make a payment, this called an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) at the Point Of Sale (POS).
This saves you the time it takes to stop at the bank and withdraw cash to pay for your session.
To offer these services I needed to engage an electrician and cable layer to install the necessary phone line and powerpoints. There are also ongoing costs to run the system.
If you would like to utilise HICAPS and/or EFTPOS a service fee of $1.80 (including gst) will be added to your account.
In order to cover increasing costs the service fee will be increased annually in May by CPI plus 1%.
