07/07/2026
"Medicare won't accept a checkbox for assignment of benefit."
Actually, it will.
What fails a compliance review isn't the checkbox; it's a checkbox ticked by staff on the patient's behalf, or one that can't prove which patient actually agreed.
With the new assignment of benefit rules now in effect (1 July 2026), radiology practices and GP clinics moving to digital consent need to get the details right: who performed the action, when, and how you evidence it.
We've broken down what a compliant digital assignment of benefit actually requires; and where practices commonly get it wrong.
Read the full article: https://trucell.com.au/blog/assignment-of-benefit-checkbox-acceptance/
Medicare accepts a checkbox as a valid assignment of benefit action. What fails a compliance review is a checkbox ticked by