Named referral Medicare rort: Officials to investigate ‘multiple tip-offs’
The Department of Health has been asking for info on public hospitals demanding named referrals for outpatient consults
A number of public hospitals will apparently be investigated for demanding that GPs write named referrals so outpatients can be funded by Medicare.
It follows a call by the federal Department of Health for tip-offs about the double-dipping rort, which has become a bugbear for many GPs.
