Register for Medicare Online

Register for Medicare Online

To register for Medicare Online and submit online claims from any location through your practice management software (PMS), you need to:

1. Check your PMS is compatible.
2. Register for a Provider Digital Access (PRODA) individual or organisation account.
3. Register for online claiming.

Check your practice management software

We must approve your PMS for it to support Medicare Online claiming. Check with your software developer if your operating system is compatible and your software can:

• submit different types of claims such as bulk billing, and patient and Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) claims
• send Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) data for notification of immunisations
• complete online patient verification or online concession entitlement verification.

Read more about software developers for Medicare Online, Electronic Claim Lodgement and Information Processing Service Environment (ECLIPSE) and the AIR.

Register for online claiming

To register for online claiming you need to:

• complete the Online claiming provider agreement form (HW027), which includes registering your bank details for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payments
• complete the Banking details - online claiming form (HW052) for each additional practice location
• get each health professional in your practice to sign the relevant online agreement if you’re registering on their behalf, so we can access their Medicare records.

For help registering, contact the eBusiness Service Centre.

Learn how to submit a Medicare and DVA claims using Medicare Online.

Medicare Online registration checklist

Before you start you’ll need internet connection and one of these browser versions:

• Microsoft Edge 79
• Mozilla Firefox 72
• Google Chrome 80
• Safari 14.

Other browsers may work but may not display correctly as they aren’t tested or supported.

You’ll also need to have:

• registered for an individual or organisation PRODA account
• completed the Online claiming provider agreement form (HW027) and provided your bank details so you’re registered to do business online.

Check with your software developer to find out if your:

• computer operating system is compatible with doing business online with us
• PMS has all the functions you need for Medicare Online.