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13 February 2019
Our reference: LEX 42296
FOI Applicant
Only by email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Dear Sir/Madam,
Acknowledgement of your Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your original request, dated 2 February 2019, for access to the following documents
under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (
FOI Act):
‘Could you please provide documents that include the information that relates to the
Practice Incentives Program eHealth Incentive Program ['ePIP'] as per this webpage:
https://www.humanservices.gov.au/organisations/health-
professionals/enablers/ehealth-incentive/47761
1. What date did this program commence?
2. How many GP practices are currently participating in the ePIP program (as of 2
February 2019)?
3. A list, current of 2 February 2019, of all GP practices participating in the ePIP
program.
4. From the commencement of the ePIP program until 2 February 2019, how many
GP practices have participated in the ePIP program?
5. Briefing notes, or summaries, or audits relating to the effectiveness of the ePIP
program.
6. The total sum of all payments made under the ePIP program.
7. The total number of shared health summaries uploaded to My Health Record, by
virtue of the ePIP program.’
The department received an email, dated and received on 9 February 2019, revising your
original request to the following terms (
revised request):
Further to the original request lodged 2 February 2019, I wish to narrow the scope of
some of the requested documents. Subsequent to the lodgement of the request,
publicly available information makes clear that the ePIP requirement to upload shared
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health summaries [‘SHS’] to the My Health Record ['MHR'] system was introduced
after the commencement of the ePIP program.
Accordingly, the scope of items 1, 4, 5, 6 are narrowed as follows:
1. What date did the ePIP eligibility requirement for participating practices to upload
SHS for a minimum of 0.5% of the practice’s standardised whole patient equivalent
become mandatory [‘the commencement date’]?
4. From the commencement date until 2 February 2019, how many GP practices
have participated in the ePIP program?
5. Briefing notes, or summaries, or audits relating to the effectiveness of the ePIP
program after the commencement date.
6. The total sum of all payments made under the ePIP program from the
commencement date.
The scope of the other documents requested at items 2, 3 and 7 remain unchanged.
Your request was received by the Department of Human Services (
department) FOI Team
on 2 February 2019 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced
from the day after that date. You should therefore expect a decision from us by
4 March
2019. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third parties or for other
reasons. We will advise you if this happens.
Transfer
Having considered the terms of your request, I have determined that parts of your request
are more closely related to the functions of the Department of Health (Health), as Health is
the policy agency responsible for the ePIP program.
For this reason, the following parts of your request has been transferred to Health pursuant
to section 16 of the FOI Act:
1. What date did the ePIP eligibility requirement for participating practices to upload
SHS for a minimum of 0.5% of the practice’s standardised whole patient equivalent
become mandatory [‘the commencement date’]?
5. Briefing notes, or summaries, or audits relating to the effectiveness of the ePIP
program after the commencement date.
6. The total sum of all payments made under the ePIP program from the
commencement date.
7. The total number of shared health summaries uploaded to My Health Record, by
virtue of the ePIP program.
The Department of Human Services will proceed with processing parts 2, 3 and 4 of your FOI
request.
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Department of Human Services
Charges The department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request and the
amount of any such charge as soon as practicable. No charge is payable for providing a
person with their own personal information.
Your Address
The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address which we can send notices to. You
have advised your electronic address is
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.
We will send all notices and correspondence to this address. Please advise us as soon as
possible if you wish correspondence to be sent to another address or if your address
changes. If you do not advise us of changes to your address, correspondence and notices
will continue to be sent to the address specified above.
Administrative Release of Documents
The department has administrative access arrangements (
arrangements) for the release of
certain documents without the need for a formal FOI request. Unless you advise us
otherwise, in processing your request we may provide you with documents under these
arrangements where appropriate. The arrangements do not extend to information or
materials of third parties. You will be notified when documents are released to you under the
arrangements.
Disclosure Log
Please note that information released under FOI Act may be published in a disclosure log on
the department's website. Section 11C of the FOI Act requires this publication, however it is
subject to certain exceptions, including where publication of personal, business, professional
or commercial information would be unreasonable.
Exclusion of junior staff details
The department is working towards ensuring that all staff have a choice about whether they
provide their full name, personal logon identifiers and direct contact details in response to
public enquiries. Where such details are included in the scope of a request, this may add to
processing time and applicable charges as it may be necessary to consider whether the
details are exempt under the FOI Act. On this basis, unless you tell us otherwise, we will
assume that these details are out of scope of your request and they will be redacted under
section 22 of the FOI Act.
Further assistance
If you have any questions please emai
l xxx.xxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Yours sincerely
Molly
Freedom of Information Team
Employment Law and Freedom of Information Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
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