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Can this doctor work at your clinic?
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DPA and Modified Monash, the moratorium, supervision, A1 against A7, provider numbers, splits — the things that decide who you can engage and what the practice earns. Ask Lumi in plain English and get the answer from the clinic’s side of the desk.

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We’ve had a GP apply who isn’t fellowed. Where does that leave us?

Based on your profile, your clinic is DPA and MM2 — so if you have a supervisor onsite, that really opens up your options with this GP. Do you have a supervisor onsite?

What clinics actually ask

The questions that hold up
a start date.

Not trivia — the ones sitting between an application on your desk and a doctor seeing patients.

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EligibilityCan this doctor actually work at our clinic?

The question behind every application. Lumi works through registration, visa, moratorium and pathway together, and tells you what would have to change if the answer is no.

The Australian outback — red earth, spinifex and desert ranges

LocationAre we DPA, and what does our MM classification change?

Two separate systems that get treated as one. Lumi keeps them apart and explains what each one decides for your practice specifically.

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BillingWill this GP bill at A1 or A7?

The same doctor seeing the same patients can return about 20% less to the practice. Lumi tells you which tier applies and what moves them up.

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SupervisionDoes this doctor need supervision, and who can provide it?

Requirements differ by pathway and registration type. Lumi sets out what you would be committing your practice to before you agree to it.

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ContractsIs the split we are offering a fair one?

Lumi gives you the benchmarks for the kind of role you are filling, so you can pitch something competitive without guessing.

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VacanciesHow do we fill this vacancy without an agency?

What GPs look at when they choose a practice, how to set terms that attract them, and where the avoidable delays are.

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Real questions.
Real answers.

This is Lumi answering the questions practice managers actually send it — not a mock-up written to look good.

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Not unless they’re on an approved pathway. A1 is the full schedule fee — available to doctors with FRACGP or FACRRM, or to a doctor on an approved pathway (FSP, PEP, AGPT, ACRRM IP, EAP, RVTS) with a 3GA placement. A7 is roughly 80% of the A1 fee and applies to a doctor with no fellowship and no pathway. Same patient, same work, about 20% less back from Medicare. Putting that doctor onto a 3GA pathway moves them to A1 straight away and keeps them there while they’re on it.

It depends on whether your practice is DPA. If you are DPA, a doctor under the 19AB moratorium can work and bill Medicare with you at any hour — there is no time-of-day restriction. If you are not DPA, they cannot bill during standard weekday hours, but they can during after-hours periods, and only if they hold a separate after-hours provider number for your location. That is applied for through Services Australia via PRODA. Don’t conflate the two things: your DPA status decides whether they can bill with you at all, the after-hours definition is a separate Medicare item rule.

Yes, subject to four things. They must hold AHPRA registration — general, provisional or limited. If they’re under 19AB they can only bill Medicare at a DPA location, or they need an exemption. If they’re non-VR and not on a 3GA pathway they bill at A7, around 80% of the A1 fee, and a pathway lifts that immediately. And they need a valid work visa. Start by confirming AHPRA registration and visa status, then decide whether a pathway makes sense for the billing upgrade.

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Two things you can work out properly.

Included with every account, alongside the chat.

Eligibility checker

Answer a short set of questions about the doctor and about your practice, and get a plain verdict on whether they can work with you — plus what would need to change if they can’t. Covers every current pathway, including FSP, ACRRM IP, RVTS, and a doctor on no pathway at all.

Revenue calculator

The question every negotiation turns on: what split can you actually afford to offer? It takes your real overheads and billings and gives you the percentage at which the practice stops making money on that doctor.

How it works

Ask. Read. Get on with it.

Ask it like a colleague

No forms and no decision trees. Type the question the way you would ask the practice manager down the road who happens to know the answer.

Get it from your side of the desk

Written for the clinic, not for the doctor. What it means for your billings, your roster and your obligations — not a summary of the doctor’s options.

Know where it gets decided

Lumi points you to the body that actually makes the call — Services Australia, AHPRA, Home Affairs — so you can confirm it and get on with the day.

Why not just search for it

Most of what you’ll find is almost right.

Which is the dangerous kind of wrong. These rules turn on details that generic guidance flattens — and getting one wrong can cost you a doctor, a quarter of billings, or a vacancy you carry for another six months.

Your neighbour’s answer isn’t yours

DPA is decided per practice address, not per town. Two clinics a few streets apart can get completely different answers about the same doctor.

The same doctor, 20% apart

A1 or A7 turns on fellowship and pathway, not on the work done. General advice rarely mentions it, and it lands squarely on the practice.

It dates quickly

Pathways, incentives and thresholds change. An article from three years ago reads exactly as confidently as one from last month.

Where we stand

Lumi is the best starting point you’ll find for this — and the last word is still yours.

Every answer comes from a knowledge base we build and maintain by hand for Australian general practice, and we keep it current deliberately. It will get you further, faster, than an afternoon of searching. But the rules move, and no AI is infallible — ours included. So before anything binding, confirm it at the source: Services Australia for Medicare and provider numbers, AHPRA for registration, Home Affairs for visas.

And if an answer ever looks wrong to you, tell us. We check it, we fix it, and the next practice asking that question gets a better answer than you did. That is genuinely how this gets sharper — a lot of what Lumi knows came from clinics who took the time to say something.

Read first, ask later

The long answers.

Free, and open to anyone — no account needed. Written the way we’d explain it to a practice manager.

Your practice

DPA and MM classification for clinics

Two systems, two different things they decide, and how to find where your practice sits in each.

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How to find locum GPs

Where locums actually look, what makes a shift worth taking, and how to fill cover without a placement fee.

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On Heart Bridge Health

The free resource library

Downloadable checklists and templates rather than reading — AHPRA forms, provider number applications, IMG onboarding and supervision paperwork. Filter it to practice owners and managers. Free, and no account needed.

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The other half of the answer

Lumi tells you who can work with you. Heart Bridge Health is where you find them.

Once you know what you can offer and who is eligible, the next question is who is actually out there. Heart Bridge Health is a direct marketplace — you list the role, see the GPs it suits, and speak to them yourself. No recruiter in the middle, no placement fee, and no commission on the outcome.

List a role and see the doctors it genuinely fits
Message GPs directly and agree your own terms
No placement fees and no commission, ever
Both sides stay private until you each agree to connect

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No placement fee

Lumi answers the question.
The marketplace answers “who?”

DirectNo recruiter between you

PrivateUntil you both agree

Frequently asked

Before you start.

What does Lumi Clinic cost?

It is free for Heart Bridge Health subscribers. For everyone else it is $200 a month after a three-day free trial, and there is no card to enter to start the trial. If you want the detail before you sign up, email team@heartbridgehealth.com.au.

Why does my clinic have to be approved before I can sign in?

Because we review every clinic by hand, usually within one business day. It is a short wait and it keeps Lumi to genuine Australian general practices — which is also what lets us answer specifically rather than generally. You will get an email the moment you are approved.

Is this a recruitment agency?

No, and there is no placement fee anywhere in it. Lumi Clinic is guidance. Heart Bridge Health, which builds it, is a direct marketplace where practices and GPs connect with each other — no recruiter in the middle and no commission on the outcome.

Can we rely on it for a Medicare or registration decision?

Treat it as a fast, well-informed starting point that tells you what applies and where it gets decided. Anything binding — Medicare eligibility, a provider number, registration, visa conditions — should be confirmed with Services Australia, AHPRA or the Department of Home Affairs before you act on it.

Who built the knowledge base?

A GP workforce specialist with close to a decade working alongside GPs and clinics across Australia, with a GP on the board of the AMA. Every entry is written and maintained by hand and verified against official sources, which is why it can be specific about Australian general practice where general guidance cannot.

What happens to what we ask it?

Your conversations are stored securely on Australian servers under your clinic account. They are not sold, not used to train AI models, and never shared with doctors. Our team can see them only to provide support or investigate misuse. The privacy policy sets out the detail.

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Lumi gives guidance, not a determination. Confirm anything binding with Services Australia, AHPRA or the Department of Home Affairs.