Health Minister Mark Butler says while claims of $8 billion of Medicare rorts a year are higher than expected, the allegations are being taken seriously.
Health Minister Mark Butler says claims of billions of dollars being rorted each year from the Medicare system are being taken seriously.
Health Minister Mark Butler has vowed claims of billions of dollars being rorted each year from the Medicare system are being taken seriously."It's way out of whack with any other figure that's ever been provided to government, including by the National Audit Office that only did a review of the program a couple of years ago, but I'm taking it seriously," he told ABC Radio on Tuesday.
Peak body the Australian Medical Association said the allegations of Medicare rorting were a slur on the profession. The investigation into the rorting, carried out by the federal health department, will include an analysis of the work of experts who examined Medicare claiming and compliance measures.
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