GPs ordered to repay Medicare $143,000 after 'aural toilet' item confusion
The PSR says the doctors made a genuine mistake when they used an item restricted to ENT specialists
Two GPs who claimed a $114 MBS item restricted to ENT specialists after they performed aural toilet have been ordered to repay more than $143,000 to Medicare.
Professor Julie Quinlivan.
Item 41647 covers the use of an operating microscope for a micro-inspection of the tympanic membrane.
But the wording of the item begins with "ear toilet
