Book Review: How to Get Better Value Healthcare by J.A. Muir Gray Oxford Press, Oxford, Second edition (2011) PP138 $27.00 Buy on Amazon Like most of us, I have to read numerous documents from state and federal health and other statutory bodies. Some are helpful, containing useful information if you can find it. The problem with many of these publications is their length and size, including meandering preambles, numerous photographs of contented, curious and cooperative health professionals and lengthy descriptions
Month: November 2024
By Harriet Grayson in Health Services Daily From: https://www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/doctor-supported-death-squads-make-an-appearance/21901 It was just another day at the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into Healthcare Spending, where today’s death squad is tomorrow’s complex care committee. Establishing hospital or LHD-based committees to make decisions about further interventions for complex patients would be beneficial in reducing low-value care but carry a reputation of being “doctor-supported death squads”, an inquiry has heard. A senior clinician with Mid North Coast LHD told the NSW Special
Original Link: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/whistleblower-alleges-widespread-fraud-by-dozens-of-double-dipping-specialist-doctors-sparking-probes-20241113-p5kq5h.html November 16, 2024 | Age, The/The Sunday Age (Melbourne, Australia) | Melissa Cunningham | CRIME AND JUSTICE REPORTER | Page 6 Dozens of anaesthetists and surgeons have been accused of systematic fraud, double-dipping and pocketing off-the-book fees in a damning whistleblower complaint that has sparked probes by a federal regulator and private health insurers. The complaint centres on allegations that a group of doctors based on the Mornington Peninsula have been charging patients hidden out-of-pocket costs
Original Link: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/call-for-cheating-doctors-to-be-named-and-shamed-20241116-p5kr5b.html November 16, 2024 | Age, The/The Sunday Age: Web Edition Articles (Melbourne, Australia) | Melissa Cunningham Doctors who overbill patients should be named and shamed on a public register, according to one of Australia’s top health economists, and a class action against a group of Mornington Peninsula doctors allegedly overcharging might be on the cards. Patients have also been urged to check their Medicare records to ensure they have not been wrongly charged by their doctors. The