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What's New
EasyAssist Latest Fees Schedules
01/07/2020, Revision 6, includes:
- 1 July, 2020 update for MBS, DVA, Medibank Private, AHSA, HCF, HBF, ReturnToWorkSA, TAC (Victoria), Mildura Health Fund, NIB, St Lukes Health, WorkSafe Victoria and, finally, BUPA!
EasyAssist Program Change Log
v1.69
11/10/2019
- Changed name of ADF health services provider to Australian Defence Force Health Services (provided by BUPA)
v1.68
09/04/2019
- Internal update to licencing system
v1.67
30/11/2018
- Changed the way WorkCover QLD calculates multiple item numbers in accordance with their changed multiple-item-number policy
v1.66
04/04/2018
- Fixed major issue with latest release of Excel 2016 which rendered EasyAssist unusable
v1.65
01/07/2017
- Added new health funds myOwn Health Insurance and Suncorp Health Insurance
v1.64
07/02/2017
- HBF uses AHSA Access Gap Cover for all states except WA from 13 February, 2017
- GMF is owned by HBF and all GMF members are becoming HBF members from 13/2/17 onwards
v1.63
01/01/2017
- Emergency Services Health and Nurses & Midwives Health added to EasyAssist
v1.62
01/11/2016
- The Doctors' Health Fund is renamed as Doctors Health Fund in EasyAssist
- Qantas Assure Health Insurance added
v1.61
01/07/2016
- small bugfix
v1.60
25/03/2016
- GMHBA now uses the AHSA Access Gap Cover schedule of fees for all its policies
- RACT Health no longer operating, so it is removed from the list of health funds
v1.59
15/02/2016
- Replaced old digital code-signing certificate
- Corrected multiplier for HBF for item 51303
v1.58
23/10/2015
- EasyAssist now opens in Excel 2016 with the standard loader (no need to use the alternate loader any more)
- Corrected minor typographical error
v1.57
14/10/2015
- NIB updated their derived fee calculation method (e.g. for 51303) from 17 August onwards; now their fee is simply a percentage of the MBS fee, like most other funds.
v1.56
06/08/2015
- Two new funds added: APIA Health Insurance and United Healthcare Global
- In 'Industry Suggested Fees', incorrect fee for for 49561 and missing fee for 49563 corrected
- HCF 'Known Gap' Medicover now shows as allowing patient co-payments on the Estimate of Fees screen
v1.55
03/07/2015
- Bugfix - couldn't select the month following current month - fixed
v1.54
01/07/2015
- Added UniHealth Insurance to list of health funds
- HCF now has 'No Gap' and 'Known Gap' options
- EasyAssist now starts by default with the current month selected
- The date list now includes the month following the current month
v1.53
05/03/2015
- Fixed bug that prevented any dates from March 2015 onwards from appearing.
v1.52
26/09/2014
- Added Comcare and WA Government Medical Services Schedule to list of Fee Schedules
- BUPA allows known gaps automatically on Estimate of Fees screen now
v1.51
21/03/2014
- Updated list of Fee Schedules
v1.50
1/03/2014
- All 2010 schedules have been removed to make way for new schedules (EasyAssist only has room for a finite number of schedules)
v1.49
31/10/2013
- Bug with Medicare Benefits Schedule 75% amount not showing - fixed
v1.48
25/10/2013
- Added Budget Direct Health Insurance and removed Manchester Unity
v1.47
17/10/2013
- several minor bug-fixes
v1.46
26/09/2013
- AMA Fees removed from EasyAssist after the AMA demanded we do this and threatened legal action if we did not comply
v1.45
11/07/2013
- EasyAssist wouldn't start with Excel 2013 - fixed
- Display mode in Excel 2013 is always maximised
v1.43
30/06/2013
- fixed minor hyperlink bug
v1.42
02/12/2012
- Item 51315 now includes item 42725 in its list of item numbers (see MBS for details)
v1.41
01/11/2012
- added Medibank Health Solution Defence Force Contract as a new fees schedule
v1.40
11/07/2012
- fixed minor bugs with WorkCover QLD messages not displaying correctly for May-Oct 2011
v1.39
24/06/2012
- minor bug fixes
v1.38
31/05/2012
- zoom buttons inadvertently went missing after v1.32 - restored
- other minor fixes
v1.37
22/05/2012
- Added RACT Health to health fund list
v1.36
02/05/2012
- EasyAssist now includes item numbers from MBS Category 4 for operations where the main operator is a dental surgeon without access to Category 3 who was approved before 1 November, 2004.
v1.35
24/04/2012
- updated EasyAssist's multiple-operation rule calculator to exclude all item numbers outside of Group T8 (Category 3) in the MBS (in addition to subgroup 12 of T8) from the multiple-operation rule
v1.34
16/04/2012
- fixed bug on My Numbers page with Excel 2010 and row highlighting
- Added new health fund - health.com.au
v1.33
13/04/2012
- updated broken website links attached to clickable messages within EasyAssist
v1.32
16/01/2012
- Splash screen wouldn't show in v1.31 - fixed
- Minor change to one information message
v1.31
2/12/2011
- BUPA identified as 'No Gap' Gap Cover fund on Estimate of Fees screen
v1.30
1/11/2011
- BUPA added as a health fund in its own right
- AHM now owned by Medibank Private and uses this Gap Cover schedule from 1/11/11
- some number were not centered on the "My Numbers" screen - fixed
v1.29
13/08/2011
- fixed bug where the full list of funds was not accessible on low resolution displays with older versions of Excel
v1.28
27/07/2011
- minor change in wording to the licence write error message
v1.27
28/06/2011
- adjusted rounding algorithm to increase fee accuracy for funds that round to nearest 5 cents
v1.26
03/05/2011
- zoom feature now increments in 10% steps
v1.25
25/03/2011
- added zoom feature
- installer and EasyAssist workbook now signed with digital certificate
- WorkCover QLD orthopaedic and hand operations never use 51300, always 51303
- several other bug fixes
- EasyAssist now bundled with free Surgical Assistant Invoice Generator
v1.24
27/01/2011
- all BUPA funds now round up
- bug fix with reading licence information on some computers
v1.21
18/01/2011
- changed license registration system to increase compatibility across systems
- fixed splash screen window cut off with some resolutions
- several other bug-fixes
v1.20
02/01/2011
- NEW FEATURE - 'Estimate of Fees' produces a summary of fee information, rebates and gaps when you charge a patient co-payment, useful for providing informed financial consent pre-operatively or a breakdown of fees on your invoice
- fixed bug for GMF health fund in WA after 1 November, 2010 - this fund uses the AHSA fees schedule after this date
- added Fit Health Fund
- AMA item numbers for surgical procedures performed by GPs now included
- increased compatibility with Excel and computer systems
- fixed bug with some systems where fees schedules wouldn't load properly
v1.16
03/11/2010
- EasyAssist recognises the new 16528 item number for Caesarean sections
v1.15
19/10/10
- NEW FEATURE - 'My Item Numbers' lets you store a personalised list of item numbers for easy access
- NEW FEATURE - 'Search MBS Online' lets you enter search terms into the MBS Online website from directly within EasyAssist; results display in your browser
- updated health fund names, deleted obsolete funds
- no need to pick orthopaedic or non-orthopaedic for TAC, WorkSafe Vic and AMA - EasyAssist now automatically detects orthopaedic item numbers
- all BUPA funds now round to nearest 5 cents
- 'About' now shows length of time left on your license
- update-checking code completely re-written to address problem of auto-update-check not working on some systems
- fixed bug - surgeon's fee for some schedules was displaying $0.00 (did not affect calculations)
- improved compatibility with Excel 2010
- improved compatibility with Windows 7
- removed Uninstall option from Start Menu Program folder - EasyAssist should now be uninstalled by using the Windows uninstaller in the Control Panel
- other minor bug fixes
v1.07
- fixed bug where input not accepted after saving preferences until Enter or ESC or arrow keys pressed
- updated help file with screenshot
- fixed bug in auto-updater which prevented it from working properly on some systems
- other minor bug fixes
v1.05
- fixed bug where the chosen date might change after an update (date will change after update to v1.05 but subsequent versions will not have this problem)
- removed Quick Guide (frequently buggy - comprehensive help file has replaced this)
- clicking 'Useful Websites' now prompts the user to go to web page or cancel
v1.04
- fixed small bug related to update checking of fees schedules only (did not affect program update checking)
v1.03
- annoying popup 'External Data' toolbar now disappears automatically
- the 'Useful Websites' button now opens a web page in the default browser; much easier to keep these links updated
- fixed bug where 51300 wouldn't appear for WorkSafe Victoria Orthopaedic operations
- fixed bug which showed TAC in the information message when WorkCover SA/NT/Tas selected
v1.02
- added the AMA Fee Schedule to the available schedules list
- added GMHBA 'Premium' Gap Cover rates (for patients with Premium cover)