GP fails in legal bid to quash ‘unfair’ $517,000 PSR repayment order
A GP who took the Professional Services Review to court to avoid repaying $517,000 in Medicare rebates, arguing it was harsh and unfair, has lost…
A GP who took the Professional Services Review to court to avoid repaying $517,000 in Medicare rebates, arguing it was harsh and unfair, has lost…
Have you ever wondered why the Medicare rebate for inserting an IUD is just $75 when the Federal Government will pay $215 for a man…
Almost 100 GP practices are now charging membership fees in exchange for no-gap consultations, according to medical fee listing company Cleanbill. The results of its…
Should government funding be opened up for psychiatry trainees to work in private practice? Currently, about 50% of psychiatry fellows end up in private practice…
Anaesthetists have accused the ABC of tarnishing their reputation and unnecessarily alarming patients after a Four Corners report alleged that most anaesthetists were exaggerating the…
The amount of GP practices bulk-billing 80% of appointments or more fell by half in the past two years, a report by billing software company…
This week many doctors learnt something new about Medicare’s compliance unit and the reach of its numerous tentacles. Since 2020, legislation has been in effect…
Health officials are tracking doctors making potentially fraudulent Medicare claims from overseas via passenger movement records provided by the Department of Home Affairs. Despite the…
A GP who appealed Professional Services Review findings on the basis he was not offered multiple in-person hearings during a nine-month investigation has lost his court…
Ditching the rule that nurse practitioners must have formal doctor support to bill Medicare is unlikely to trigger a mass migration of nurses attempting to…
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