1000 GPs could face Medicare audit for suspected telehealth breaches
The Federal Health Department says it has already begun audits on a small number of practitioners
Up to 1000 GPs could be audited for suspected breaches of Medicare’s ‘existing relationship’ rules for telehealth consults.
The Federal Department of Health’s compliance blitz is focussed on requirements that patients must have seen the same GP, or a GP at the same practice, face-to-face in the 12 months before the remote consult.
