Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        The Report of the Review Committee of the Professional Services Review Scheme, March 1999, p. 9, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report%20March%201999.pdf (accessed on 28 September 2011).

[2]        Health Insurance Act 1973, s. 79A.

[3]        The Report of the Review Committee of the Professional Services Review Scheme, March 1999, p. 9, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report%20March%201999.pdf (accessed on 28 September 2011).

[4]        Professional Services Review, Your Guide to the PSR, p. 14, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/Your%20Guide%20to%20the%20PSR%20Process%2012July2011.pdf (accessed on 5 October 2011).

[5]        Professional Services Review, Your Guide to the PSR, pp.14-15, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/Your%20Guide%20to%20the%20PSR%20Process%2012July2011.pdf (accessed on 5 October 2011).

[6]        Professional Services Review, Your Guide to the PSR, p. 15, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/Your%20Guide%20to%20the%20PSR%20Process%2012July2011.pdf (accessed on 5 October 2011).

[7]        The Report of the Review Committee of the Professional Services Review Scheme, March 1999, p. 2, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report%20March%201999.pdf (accessed on 28 September 2011).

[8]        The Report of the Review Committee of the Professional Services Review Scheme, March 1999, p. 3, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report%20March%201999.pdf (accessed on 28 September 2011).

[9]        The Report of the Review Committee of the Professional Services Review Scheme, March 1999, p. 1, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report%20March%201999.pdf

[10]      The Report of the Review Committee of the Professional Services Review Scheme, March 1999, p.p. 4-8, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report%20March%201999.pdf (accessed on 28 September 2011).

[11]      Department of Health and Ageing, Review of the Professional Services Review Scheme – Report of the Steering Committee, May 2007, p.p. 16-17, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report-Final%20July%202007.pdf (accessed on 28 September 2011).

[12]      The Report of the Review Committee of the Professional Services Review Scheme, March 1999, p. 2, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report%20March%201999.pdf (accessed on 28 September 2011).

[13]      Department of Health and Ageing, Review of the Professional Services Review Scheme – Report of the Steering Committee, May 2007, p. 8, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report-Final%20July%202007.pdf (accessed on 5 October 2011).

[14]      Department of Health and Ageing, Review of the Professional Services Review Scheme – Report of the Steering Committee, May 2007, p. 14, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report-Final%20July%202007.pdf (accessed on 5 October 2011).

[15]      Department of Health and Ageing, Review of the Professional Services Review Scheme – Report of the Steering Committee, May 2007, p. 4, available at: http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report-Final%20July%202007.pdf (accessed on 5 October 2011).

[16]      Department of Health and Ageing, Review of the Professional Services Review Scheme – Report of the Steering Committee, May 2007, p.p. 17-18, http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report-Final%20July%202007.pdf (accessed on 5 October 2011).

[17]      Department of Health and Ageing, Review of the Professional Services Review Scheme – Report of the Steering Committee, May 2007, p. 19, accessed on 5 October 2011 via http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report-Final%20July%202007.pdf

[18]      Tisdall v Webber [2011] FCAFC 76

[19]      Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 5.

[20]      Kutlu v Director of Professional Services Review [2011] FCAFC 94

[21]      Sean Parnell, 'Probe into medical watchdog', The Australian, 15 March 2011, p. 7.

[22]      PSR, Submission 24, p. 16.

Chapter 2 - Audit Procedures

[1]        PSR, Submission 24, p.7.

[2]        Consumers Health Forum Australia (CHFA), Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 38.

[3]        Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 2.

[4]        Submission 24, p. 13.

[5]        Dept. of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 60.

[6]        Practitioner Review Program, Medicare Australia, 12 August 2011, http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/provider/business/audits/prp.jsp#N10026 (accessed 7 October 2011).

[7]        Dept. of Human Services (DHS), answer to question on notice, 26 September 2011 (received 5 October 2011).

[8]        Dr Ruse, Submission 11, p. 3.

[9]        Australian Doctors' Union (ADU), Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 7.

[10]      ADU, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 3.

[11]      ADU, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 3.

[12]      DHS, answer to question on notice, 26 September 2011 (received 5 October 2011).

[13]      PSR, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 49.

[14]      Medicare Australia, Submission 16 to Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into Compliance Audits on Medicare Benefits, April 2009, p. 14.

[15]      PSR, answer to question on notice, 23 September 2011, p. 5 (received 29 September).

[16]      Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA), Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 32.

[17]      AIMA, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, pp. 33–34.

[18]      Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 4; Dr Ruse's Submission 11, p. 3.

[19]      Sen Abetz, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 4.

[20]      Page 4 of the PSR submission shows that 319.1 million MBS services and 201.5 million PBS services were processed in 2010-11, PSR Submission No 24, p.4.

[21]      ADU, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, pp 12-13.

[22]      MDA National, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 15.

[23]      Health and Life Pty Ltd, Submission 4, p. 11.

[24]      Australian Medical Association (AMA), Hansard Committee Proof, 23 September 2011, p. 28.

[25]      Dept. of Health and Ageing (DoHA), answer to question on notice, 23 September 2011, p. 1 (received 4 October 2011).

[26]      DHS, answer to question on notice, 26 September 2011 (received 5 October 2011).

[27]      DHS, answer to question on notice, 26 September 2011 (received 5 October 2011).

[28]      PSR, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p.58.

Chapter 3 - General Principles of the PSR

[1]        RCAP, Submission 41, p. 3.

[2]        Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth), Part VAA, Divisions 2 and 6.

[3]        Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth), Part VAA, Subdivision D.

[4]        PSR, Submission 24, pp 16-17.

[5]        Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM), Submission 27, p. 2.

[6]        Medicare Australia - Information sheet for recognition as a Specialist or Consultant Physician, available at: http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/provider/pubs/medicare-forms/files/ma_3126_app_for_recognition_as_specialist_or_consultant_physician_011106.pdf, (accessed on 5 October 2011).

[7]        Health Insurance Regulations 1975, Schedule 4, available at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/hir1975273/sch4.html, (accessed on 5 October 2011).

[8]        Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 5.

[9]        Submission 24, p. 18.

[10]      Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA), Submission 19, p. 4.

[11]      Medical Indemnity Protection Society (MIPS), Submission 14, p. 5.

[12]      MDA National, Submission 5, p. 2.

[13]      Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Submission 37, p. 9.

[14]      ADU, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 2.

[15]      Australian College of Skin Cancer Medicine, Submission 47, p. 3.

[16]      P SR, answer to question on notice, 23 September 2011, p. 1 (received 29 September 2011).

[17]      RACGP, Submission 24, p. 18.

[18]      Submission 24, p. 18.

[19]      PSR, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 54.

[20]      P SR, answer to question on notice, 23 September 2011, p.2 (received 29 September 2011).

[21]      Dr Ruse, Submission 11, p. 6.

[22]      AMA, Submission 13, p. 2.

[23]      Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 3.

[24]      Mr Alan Williamson, Submission 39, p. 7.

[25]      MDA National, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 17.

[26]      Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 18, p. 1.

[27]      Australian Medical Council, Accreditations and Registration, available at: http://www.amc.org.au/index.php/ar/rms/publications/71-rural (accessed on 5 October 2011).

[28]      PSR, answer to question on notice, 23 September 2011, p. 6 (received 29 September 2011).

[29]      ADU Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 13.

[30]      ADU Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011,  p. 14.

[31]      RACP, Submission 41, p. 2.

[32]      AMA, Submission 13, p. 2.

[33]      ADU, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 12.

[34]      Avant, Submission 10, p. 4.

[35]      ADU, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 4.

[36]      Avant, Submission 10, p. 13.

[37]      MDA National, Submission 5, p. 2.

[38]      Health and Life Pty Ltd, Submission 4, p. 7.

[39]      Dr Ruse, Submission 11, p. 4.

[40]      Submission 11, p. 4.

[41]      Dr G Ingham, Submission 12, p. 1.

[42]      MIPS, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 20.

[43]      Consumer Health Forum Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 44.

[44]      DoHA, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 65.

Chapter 4 - Operating procedures of the PSR

[1]        Australian Medical Association (AMA), Submission 13, pp 1-2.

[2]        Avant, Submission 10, p. 4.

[3]        MDA National, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 15.

[4]        Australian Doctors' Union (ADU), Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 2.

[5]        Australian Doctors' Union (ADU), Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 3.

[6]        Submission 10, p. 10.

[7]        Australian Doctors' Union (ADU), Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 3.

[8]        ADU, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 4.

[9]        ADU, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 6.

[10]      Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 8.

[11]      Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 8.

[12]      PSR, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 56.

[13]      PSR, Submission 24, p. 7.

[14]      Dept. of Human Services (DHS), answer to question on notice, 26 September 2011 (received 5 October 2011).

[15]      PSR, answer to question on notice, 23 September 2011, p. 5 (received 29 September 2011).

[16]      PSR, answer to question on notice, 23 September 2011, p. 4 (received 29 September 2011).

[17]      Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 2.

[18]      MDA National, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 21.

[19]      Avant, Submission 10, p. 12.

[20]      Professional Services Review, Your Guide to the PSR Process, 12 July 2011, http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/Your%20Guide%20to%20the%20PSR%20Process%2012July2011.pdf (accessed 6 October 2011),  p. 25.

[21]      Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 8.

[22]      PSR, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 46.

[23]      PSR, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 48.

[24]      PSR, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p. 45.

[25]      PSR, Submission 24, pp 12–13.

[26]      PSR, PSR Review Committee Report, 1999, p. 2.

[27]      Avant, Submission 10, p. 15.

[28]      Professional Services Review, Review of the Professional Services Review Scheme, Report of the Steering Committee, May 2007, http://www.psr.gov.au/docs/publications/PSR%20Review%20Report-Final%20July%202007.pdf (accessed 5 October 2011), pp. 30, 69–71.

[29]      PSR, Submission 24, p. 13.

[30]      Submission 24, p. 6.

[31]      Robin Bell, 'Protecting Medicare services: trials of a peer review scheme', Journal of Law and Medicine, vol. 13, 2005, p.40.

[32]      Wong v Commonwealth of Australia; Selim v Lele, Tan and Rivett constituting the Professional Services Review Committee No. 309 [2009] HCA 3 (2 February 2009)

[33]      Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, pp 5-6.

[34]      MDA National, Submission 5, p. 4.

[35]      MDA National, Proof Committee Hansard, 23 September 2011, p 18.

[36]      Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, pp. 2–3.

[37]      Dr Webber, Proof Committee Hansard, 22 September 2011, p. 4.

[38]      Australian Medical Association, Corporatisation of General Practice: Decision Support Kit for Doctors, August 2010, http://www.ama.com.au/node/5997 (accessed 6 October 2011), p. 22.

[39]      Australian Medical Association, Corporatisation of General Practice: Decision Support Kit for Doctors, August 2010, http://www.ama.com.au/node/5997 (accessed 6 October 2011), p. 28.