Another informative article from ABC Investigations, published on May 1st 2024, about the fraud, waste and abuse by some medical professionals within the Medicare billing system. This time with a focus on questionable billing by Anaesthetists.
Dr Sutherland, Dr Peck and I have called on the government to give the Professional Services Review Agency (the Medicare watchdog) more powers to conduct sweeping national medical records audits. Dr Margaret Faux (PhD)
Read the article: Fraud, waste and abuse: How some doctors are exploiting Medicare and turning patients into ‘cash cows’
by Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett, ABC Investigations