Should you choose to claim electronically or manually via the use of the NZCOM/MMPO Maternity "Pink" books, the MMPO captures all necessary information for both clinical care and health payment claiming. Full or partial maternity claims are generated automatically from the information you enter.
As a provider organisation, the MMPO is focused on providing services that support and streamline the practice management of your caseload. Some of these services are listed below;
- Supported Section 88 claiming via the Ministry of Health, 8 - 10 business day turn around for payments
- Support and facilitation resolving and resubmitting claims rejected by the Ministry of Health
- Section 88 Claiming support ensuring correct claiming in relation to complex/exceptional pregnancies - available from 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday
- IT Help Desk for online training sessions and technical support of the electronic system - available from 7am to 7pm Monday to Thursday and 7am to 5pm on Fridays
- Access to Language Line – Interpreters available FREE to members
- Rural Retention Program offering Locum and Mentoring services and practice establishment assistance
- Emergency Urban Locum cover available
- NZCOM Statistics, Voluntary Bonding and other helpful practice reports
- Access to a national Paging Network Contract