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Towards 10% – the $3.9 billion dollar fix needed for General Practice
How much money will it take to fix general practice? The promised funding boost of $250M for general practice is not going to be enough. I know that sounds ungrateful but $250M is about $10 per Australian per year. If the new funding is spread across all GP Medicare rebates, then each rebate will increase by…
Why tolerating some Medicare billing errors or “rorts” is good for everyone. Part 2: Big numbers and competing priorities
The Australian media have reported $8 billion of Medicare fraud rorts, and waste. The government’s estimate is also large and comes in at $366 to $2.2 billion. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have much real world experience with these kinds of numbers, How can we get some perspective, well let’s start with…
Why tolerating some Medicare billing errors or “rorts” is good for everyone. Part 1: Villains and victims
This relates to the recent ABC and Fairfax “bombshell story of Medicare fraud”. For those that need some catching up, the background is that ABC and Fairfax media (Nine Entertainment) have reported, without really interrogating the evidence, that there is $8 billion in Medicare overservicing, errors and fraud. For more information on what underpins the…
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