GP loses court challenge on 80/20 rule
The doctor argued the rule shouldn't apply to him because his patients lacked other options
A mining town GP has been found in breach of the 80/20 rule despite claiming that he was often the only fully registered doctor available in his rural community swamped by thousands of fly-in, fly-out workers.
Dr Manukharan Nithianantha is likely to be forced to repay thousands of dollars in Medicare rebates after losing his Federal Court appeal against the Professional Services Review (PSR).
