GP who treated up to nine acupuncture patients at once repays $360,000 in Medicare rebates
A GP has repaid $360,000 in Medicare claims for acupuncture after a review found he had treated up to nine patients at the same time.…
Tag: PSR (Professional Services Review)
Doctors not ‘coerced’ by PSR to pay back rebates, review finds
A review of the PSR’s repayment agreements with health practitioners has rejected claims that the system is coercive. The government-commissioned review, led by Emeritus Professor…
Being hauled before the PSR is bad — but there are other watchdogs with a nastier bite
In the Sydney Morning Herald of 5 November last year, reporter Adele Ferguson referred darkly to “strong links” between the Professional Services Review and the AMA. These…
GP admits inappropriate Medicare claims for patients ‘in imminent danger of death’
A GP has paid back $170,000 in Medicare claims for treating patients “in imminent danger of death”, and various aged care and skin excision items.…
Is the PSR a puppet of the medical profession?
Amid the media rage about doctors making merry with Medicare last year was concern that the watchdog dealing with the miscreants — the Professional Services…
‘Completely validated’: Newspapers still defending $8 billion GP rort claims
The newspapers that said doctors were rorting billions from Medicare are digging in despite a government-funded review finding that most non-compliance was accidental rather than fraud. …
After-hours doctor fails in legal bid to overturn PSR’s $460,000 payback demand
An after-hours doctor who successfully challenged a Professional Services Review order that he repay $460,000 in misclaimed Medicare rebates has been reordered to pay up…
Former AMA presidential candidate to fight the PSR in his new role
The Australian Health Practitioners Advisory Solutions was set up by Dr Anchita Karmakar two years ago following her well-publicised battles with the PSR. The lobby…
‘No evidence’ behind $8 billion rorts claim, but Mark Butler’s hunt continues
An official review has found no evidence to support the claim that inappropriate billing costs Medicare $8 billion a year, the Minister for Health says. The review, done internally by the Department of Health and Aged Care, was a response…
‘Scripts-on-demand’ telehealth clinics are a major overservicing concern, PSR warns
Telehealth clinics churning out scripts for expensive PBS-funded medicines are worrying the Professional Services Review far more than rare instances of fraud, the watchdog says. …
