Practices can calculate the percentage payment on either billings or receipts.
How you pay is an individual practice business decision.u00a0
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- If on billings this can be cleared every pay calculation but the practice carries any bad debt.u00a0 n
- If on receipts the registrar may carry any bad debt but will need to be paid any outstanding receipts over the course of the six months after the registrar leaves the practice. n
- Payments should be made when the registrar leaves, at three months and at six months post termination. n
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If you are paying on receipts the reports for the billings and receipts may not match.u00a0
nThis can be for a number of reasons and this should be clearly explained to the registrar as well as providing access to any relevant reports. There may be:
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- billings for third parties such as Workcover that havenu2019t been paid yet nn
- Medicare or DVA batches that have been sent but not receipted nn
- private accounts that have been sent as they werenu2019t paid on the day nn
- adjustments that have been made such as when a GP management plan has been billed before it is due and has therefore been rejected n
Transparency is important around the registraru2019s earnings. They may be unfamiliar with the idea of how payment for services relates to their pay or they may be unfamiliar with the process your practice uses or the reports you calculate payroll from.u00a0 There should be a system in place for the registrar to easily verify that their pay matches the appropriate reports.
nnDate reviewed: 24 July 2024
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