GPs and practices are being warned to register with the Federal Government’s PRODA system by next month or risk losing access to Medicare.

Services Australia is introducing its new web services system that changes the way doctors submit Medicare claims and how they access other online services, like the PBS, My Health Record and the Australian Immunisation Register.  

The change requires GP software vendors to upgrade their practice management software.

However, both practices and GPs will also need to be registered with the government’s online authentication system PRODA — officially Provider Digital Access — to use these services.