Doctors Fail to Keep Adequate Records
Doctors Fail to Keep Adequate Records
Month Date, 2006: The Medicare Professional Services Review’s annual report has detailed concern over doctor recordkeeping practices.
The Medicare Professional Services Review’s annual report has detailed concern over doctor recordkeeping practices.
The concerns were raised as Medicare found 14 doctors were significantly overcharging the system. Between them, they have been forced to repay $1.3 million.
One busy GP has repaid $115,000 after the Medicare watchdog found he would have to work 36 hours a day with no breaks to have provided the services reported. A Lithgow based GP has repaid $270,000 after recording 11,808 home visits, most of which proved to be unnecessary.
A Sydney based doctor was dubbed the ‘busiest GP in Australia’ by the report and has repaid $115,000 of his annual $830,000 earnings.