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Margaret provides some international context around the size of the fraud, abuse and waste problem in healthcare systems.
The World Health Organization has estimated that between 20% and 40% of all health spending is wasted.
In 2017, The Lancet (one of the most prestigious me…
Margaret talks about Medicare fraud vs error as it often comes up and is a legitimate concern.
The difference between error and fraud is the intention, which is difficult to prove. When it comes to our nation’s medical billing scheme, the misuse – whatever the intention – is far…
In this post Margaret explains how we identify alarming Medicare use.
We analyse healthcare data often, applying global standardised criteria to identify continual discrepancies in what is being billed versus what we would expect to be billed. These criteria factor in the comple…
Margaret is often asked why she speaks out about bad Medicare billing behaviour, here is what she has to say.
Having worked for many years at the interface of patients, payers and providers, it has become obvious that no one is happy about or trustful of our healthcare funding a…
History has shown us that the most meaningful changes have come about because of uncomfortable truths.
It is unfortunate that Australian doctors are currently working within a broken healthcare system that lacks transparency, checks and balances. This allows the misuse by some, …
Read about the very personal stories of those that have suffered complications due to surgical intervention as seen in the Four Corners April 2024 episode Pain Factory.
Read The Endless Pain full article here
by Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett, ABC Investigations…
Published 8 Apr 2024
Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett, ABC Investigations
Four Corners has obtained the private health insurance billing records in a major investigation into the chronic pain industry.
The patient records were analysed to Dr Faux and a team at Synapse, a…
Register your interest for this much awaited course from the Leo Cussen Centre for Law website.
Australia’s first Medicare billing law and practice course is for doctors of all specialties, nurse practitioners and all allied health professionals who administer Medicare in an…
Another deep dive into misuse within our health system:
Next on Four Corners: Pain Factory
8:30pm Monday 8th April
ABC TV, ABC iview
“Our health system is littered with waste and abuse. Australians deserve to know the truth”
Dr Margaret Faux (PhD)
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This episode of Talking Tech, features experts from United Arab Emirates who shed light on how technological advancements are transforming health care in the Middle East. Thom Soutter, Business Development Director at Synapse Medical Services joins the host of Talking Health Tech…