❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses allegations of the Health Department pressuring doctors to commit Medicare fraud, prompting the Minister to request a report from the Health Department of WA.
AnsweredQoN 479Legislative Council
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What action has the Minister for Health taken regarding the statement by a Dunsborough doctor on an ABC radio program that the Health Department pressured local doctors to defraud the Commonwealth by making fraudulent claims to Medicare? Hon PETER FOSS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has asked the Health Department of WA to provide him with a report on all matters raised by the general practitioner on an ABC radio program. The report will include assertions about Medicare fraud.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has asked the Health Department of WA to provide him with a report on all matters raised by the general practitioner on an ABC radio program. The report will include assertions about Medicare fraud.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has asked the Health Department of WA to provide him with a report on all matters raised by the general practitioner on an ABC radio program. The report will include assertions about Medicare fraud.
The Minister for Health has asked the Health Department of WA to provide him with a report on all matters raised by the general practitioner on an ABC radio program. The report will include assertions about Medicare fraud.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has asked the Health Department of WA to provide him with a report on all matters raised by the general practitioner on an ABC radio program. The report will include assertions about Medicare fraud.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has asked the Health Department of WA to provide him with a report on all matters raised by the general practitioner on an ABC radio program. The report will include assertions about Medicare fraud.
The Minister for Health has asked the Health Department of WA to provide him with a report on all matters raised by the general practitioner on an ABC radio program. The report will include assertions about Medicare fraud.
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