Top health official issues telehealth warning after GP’s ‘chatbot’ consult

A GP registrar has reportedly retracted their $74 MBS claim for the four-minute, 48-second consult
Mr Shane Solomon. Photo: Newspix

A top health bureaucrat has told telehealth corporates their future is on trial after he had “a four-question chatbot-type exchange” with a GP who then billed a level C.

Shane Solomon is chair of the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, which advises the Federal Government on funding for public hospitals.