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Medicare Provider Status
Medicare Australia will be conducting an audit of speech
pathologists with a provider number early 2016 to ensure they
are current financial members of Speech Pathology Australia,
which is a requirement for speech pathologists to maintain a
Medicare provider number.
Medicare will be checking whether or not SPA members with
a provider number have renewed their membership by the
due date 1 January 2016. Please renew early to avoid any
potential disruption to your Medicare provider status. We
look forward to your continued membership and support
throughout 2016.
top Tip: Renew your membership to Speech
Pathology Australia by the due date to avoid any
potential disruption to your Medicare provider status.
Updating your details
Your employer/practice details will show
during your renewal.
It is important for advocacy, policy and lobbying
activities that we have accurate and comprehensive
information about speech pathologists in Australia.
For those who wish to appear on the Find a Speech
Pathologist Search, this provides the public with
accurate information.
We therefore ask you to complete as many details
as possible during your renewal.
Remember you can also log in at any time and
update your details.
To update and add to these go to: Update My
Profile and follow the steps below:
• To view, edit or delete an existing practice click
edit or delete next to practice type.
• To add a new practice, click on the + sign.
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