Setting/Increasing Private Fees

To set or increase private fees or any custom fees you may have added through Billing > Edit Account Types, use the Increase Fees button in Open > Billing Items.

This will change the specified fee for all items on display. To restrict the list to certain item numbers, highlight the required items and select Records > Use Selected.

Increase Fees allows you to increase the fee by a percent or an amount above what it is currently set, OR above the AMA or MBS schedule fee. To set it to a percentage or amount below put a minus sign (-) in front of the figure.

You can also set the rounding of the fee in cents.

If the OK button is greyed out, it is because you either haven't selected a fee to change from the drop down menu at the top or a radio button to specify how you would like the fee to be changed.

Importing the AMA Schedule

Note: You must visit the AMA website and download and save the AMA fee schedule (in a .csv file format) before you can import these fees into Genie.  Genie is not allowed to distribute the Schedule because the AMA wants to limit access to just AMA members.

Once you've saved the AMA fee schedule, you can import it from the Billing Items window (Open > Billing Items).  Select Import AMA Schedule from the Import Fee Schedules drop down list.  You will be asked to select the text file to import. Click Okay and navigate to the .csv file you previously saved.  Once you have selected this, click Open and the AMA Schedule will be imported into Genie.

Adding Non MBS Items

If you need to add items that are not part of the Medicare Benefits Schedule that you may charge companies for eg. Medical Reports then this can be done through Open > Billing Items by clicking on the Blue Plus button.

Enter in a code, brief description, and any fees. You can specify to apply GST by ticking the GST applies to this item tickbox, this will then produce another tickbox specifying whether the fees entered include GST or not.