Amend Medicare providers for Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) in Provider Directory System (PDS) 011-10050010

Medical practitioners, nurse practitioners and midwives with a Medicare provider number are automatically registered with AIR as vaccination providers.

Nurses who are not nurse practitioners (those without a Medicare provider number) access the AIR if they:

• are employed by an organisation with an AIR provider number, or
• are eligible to register for an Authorised Nurse Immuniser provider number as they have:
• the correct qualifications within their jurisdiction, and
• an Australian Business Number (ABN)

AIR ancillary providers are vaccination providers who do not have a Medicare provider number. For example, councils, community health centres, pharmacies and Aboriginal medical services.

Medical practices can also register as ancillary providers. This lets practices with several medical practitioners submit claims under one provider number instead of sending separate claims for each practitioner. See Register, amend or cancel ancillary providers for AIR in PDS.

The AIR makes payments to eligible vaccination providers when they notify them of a vaccination that completes an early childhood National Immunisation Program (NIP) schedule. All payments are made to the provider's bank account through Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). Not all provider types are eligible for payment.

Note: the AIR only makes payments when valid bank account details are recorded for an eligible vaccination provider.

Eligible vaccination providers can notify the AIR of their bank details online via Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) or by using the following forms:

• Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) - Bank account details for vaccination providers (IM005)
• Online Claiming Provider Agreement (HW027)
• Provider registration for Electronic Funds Transfer payments (HW029)
• Bank account details Online Claiming (HW052)

The Resources page contains a link to the forms.

The IM005 form does not let multiple vaccination providers sign the form. In this case, vaccination providers can:

• attach a separate sheet with all the provider signatures
• include all the signatures on the back of the form, or
• send the request and signatures on their practice letterhead

The IM005 form was added to the range of forms that can be uploaded via the HPOS Messages Form Upload function. HPOS provides a secure, timely and authenticated way for AIR to get this information, and should be encouraged.

Note: only the IM005 form can contain a digital signature.

Do not release bank account details over the telephone. An AIR Service Officer (SO) can check and confirm the information given by the provider on PDS.

A copy of a previously completed bank account details form can be sent to the provider in the mail, if requested.

The Resources page contains a link to the Australian Immunisation Register - Bank account details for vaccination providers (IM005) form.

Advice from vaccination providers over the telephone that their bank details are incorrect can only be accepted if a keying error has occurred.

The authorised contact person must notify of any other changes to bank account details in writing.

If bank account details are updated incorrectly and the processing error is identified on the same day, the error can be corrected and the start date amended to the date the error was corrected (if necessary).

The Software ID on an AIR registration represents the Minor ID (also known as a Location ID) which is an identifier issued to a provider who is using software to transmit to the AIR. The Software ID is critical to ensuring providers can submit claims via software using web services technology.

Services Australia is advised of the /Minor ID/Location ID via the following forms:

• Online Claiming Provider Agreement (HW027)
• Provider registration for Electronic Funds Transfer payments (HW029)
• Bank account details Online Claiming (HW052)

See Table 7 on the Process page for more about processing a Minor ID.

The Resources page has a link to the forms.