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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…
The end of January marked Synapse Medical Services 8th annual Arab Health conference in Dubai (home to one of our wholly owned offices), hosted at the Dubai World Trade Centre by Informa. This promised to be a very exciting week as three of our senior management team, Dr Margaret…
This Advance Health session gathered experts from diverse backgrounds to meet and explore the intersection of fitness, orthopaedic care, and cutting-edge technology in musculoskeletal wellness. The event provided valuable insights into a holistic approach to health and movement, …
Advance Health assembled in late January 2024 to bring together clinical and pharmaceutical stakeholders to discuss innovations in cancer treatment and diagnosis. This event connected experts committed to reshaping the landscape of oncology care.
Watch the full session Advance…
Dear Synapse Network,
Welcome to our annual Christmas update.
It’s hard to believe it’s Christmas again but here we are! 2023 was another huge year at Synapse during which we focussed on improving existing services and expanded our consulting service. Top of the excitin…
An Advance Health special edition was held at COP28 UAE at the Dubai Science Park to announce details from an upcoming white paper about how the UAE is embedding long term sustainability in it’s health care sector.
The Panel:
Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi – Managing Directo…
An Advance Health session was held on 27th October 2023 which explored the vision to establish the UAE as a regional and global hub for research and innovation in medical science and how to achieve that goal.
Contributors:
Dr Erik Koornneef, Director of Research and Innov…
Listen to Dr Margaret Faux’s insight into our health payment system in another ABC investigation by Adele Ferguson into the questionable and at times shocking practices by the Foot and Ankle Clinic of Australia, including exploitation of funding from schemes such as DVA or Worker…
Another great presentation by Advance Health on 22nd September 2023 with a dive into:
what makes a smart healthcare system,
unifying care that connects people,
the environment and infrastructure.
Speakers included Ahmed El Banna, Sultan Al Shaibani, Dr. Louiza Chito…
Dear Synapse Network,
Welcome to Spring!
As Matilda Mania left these shores with our Tillies having done us all proud, we wanted to update you on what we’ve been up to. It’s been a while since we’ve updated our network and boy, have we been busy.
I’m continuing to …
Thom Soutter, Business Development Director at Synapse Medical Services joins the host of Talking Health Tech, Peter Birch, to discuss Synapse Medical Services unique approach health care financing systems. They explore how to extend digital health solutions internationally into …
“The Jury’s out on whether Medicare fraud is uncommon or going undetected.” reports Annalese Bolt, journalist for 9News in her story delving into potential fraudulent Medicare claims. The Australian Government has only investigated 36 Telehealth services’ claimed but not provided…
Advance Health met on 12th May for a discussion on the emerging role of AI in Healthcare. The session explored the opportunities in utilising the power of AI to drive innovation from provider to patient, reviewing the potential applications as well as the barriers that need to be…
The legal consequences for health professionals when incorrectly bulk billing can range from simple error through to misconduct findings, that can impact the right to practise medicine.
In this free seminar, presented by Dr Margaret Faux (Founder & CEO of Synapse Medical S…
ABC News interviews Dr Pradeep Philip about the findings of his review into Medicare.
Aired on the 4th April 2023.
Watch video episode – Medicare ‘no longer fit for purpose’ amid widespread fraud (available until April 18, 2023 on ABC’s iview)
Listen to the audio transcr…
Investigative journalist and columnist Adele Ferguson discusses the recent independent report on Medicare by Dr Pradeep Philip in her opinion piece published in The Sydney Morning Herald, Medicare review blows apart the AMA’s ‘nothing to see here’ argument.
Philip’s re…
Medicare is once again in the spot light after an independent review by health economist Dr Pradeep Philip found the structural issues within Medicare system could lead to significant levels of fraud. He says Medicare is needs urgent reform and estimates up to $3 billion a year i…
Watch Dr Margaret Faux on live TV ABC News channel, March 2023, discussing Medicare compliance and GPs.
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Synapse Medical Services is delighted to announce that we are leading a national project to develop the non-admitted patient classification for the #Kingdom of Saudi Arabia across 9 clinical streams.
Project Team: P…
The end of January marked Synapse Medical Services 7th annual Arab Health conference in Dubai (home to one of our wholly owned offices), hosted at the Dubai World Trade Centre by Informa.
The 2023 edition was the 48th Arab Health Medical Expo, which has grown into one of the l…
So here it is, the end of another year!
Welcome to our final update for 2022. It’s been a big year!
We have continued to improve our two software products – Aircoder and the Synapps MBS – and are excited to share that a completely new version of the app is currently in …
In the article, HL7 and openEHR are friends, not foes (published by Wild Health 28th September 2022), Professor Heather Grain discusses data systems HL7 and openEHR and the key advantages of using them together for a more coordinated healthcare data delivery system.
“These two…
A consultancy project that Synapse has undertaken in 2022 has been to work closely with a bulk-billing primary health clinic that services a challenging population with complex needs.
Synapse was contracted, in a multi-phase project, to explore ways to ensure the future viabil…
Synapse is involved in an ongoing international stakeholder consultancy project focussed on AI enabled early detection of pathogens to enable countries to quickly ringfence and contain outbreaks of diseases such as Covid-19 before they become widespread.
Aircoder, our automate…
Dear Synapse Network,
Welcome to our belated first newsletter for 2022, and boy is there a lot to update!
If there is one positive that’s come out of the ongoing Covid pandemic for us, it is that it has allowed us a period of consolidation and internal development, includ…
In the July 4, Financial Review opinion piece, Medicare fraud, errors are costing $7b a year, by Adele Ferguson, Dr Margaret Faux is interviewed about the billing errors of medical practitioners through Medicare system amounting to losses of billions of dollars a year.
Read th…
Read Margaret Faux’s comments on lifting the ban on testimonials for medical advertising, in the June 7th Sydney Morning Herald article by Dana Daniel, Scrapping ban on patient testimonials would give free rein to cosmetic ‘cowboys’, experts warn.
“I’m really worried a…
