The Victorian Health Complaints Commissioner (the Commissioner) can now issue general health warnings and ban unregistered service providers from treating…
Insights Sectors: Medical Practitioners
Feb 12, 2019
INSIGHT: Is the ‘irrational’ exception feasible?
The concept of ‘Competent Professional Practice’ has been considered by Courts in a number of recent NSW cases determining medical…
Feb 5, 2019
INSIGHT: Federal Court confirms strict interpretation of the 80/20 rule under the Health Insurance Act 1973
In a recent decision, the Federal Court of Australia confirmed that health care practitioners alleged to have engaged in ‘inappropriate…
Jan 16, 2019
INSIGHT: Shared Debt Recovery Scheme to hold both medical practitioners and employing and contracting organisations responsible for incorrect Medicare billing
The Shared Debt Recovery Scheme will take effect on 1 July 2019. The recent enactment of the Health Legislation Amendment…
Jan 15, 2019
INSIGHT: My Health Record: Important Information for Healthcare Providers
Introduction My Health Record is an online summary of an individual’s key health information. A My Health Record will be…
Dec 6, 2018
INSIGHT: Statutory privilege does not prevent disclosure of records in VCAT proceedings
The Victorian of Court Appeal has settled the uncertainty regarding the protections provided by statutory privilege over medical records in…
Nov 13, 2018
INSIGHT: No professional misconduct finding for General Practitioner’s ‘grave error of judgment’
An experienced and well-respected NSW General Practitioner with an otherwise unblemished record has faced disciplinary proceedings brought by the Health…
Jul 24, 2018
INSIGHT: Medication Misadventure – Methotrexate: A reminder to pharmacists to exercise independent judgment about the safety of a prescribed medicine.
This article was originally published as a PDL Practice Alert. It was written by Scott Ames, Principal and PDL Professional Officers,…
Jun 26, 2018
INSIGHT: Putting the past behind you? Not any more, as Medical Board starts displaying links to old disciplinary decisions on the National Register
Update published 29 August 2018: Board removes links to past disciplinary decisions – but not all of them Australian medical practitioners…
Jun 8, 2018
INSIGHT: Missing faxed scan result triggers the Coroners Court to call for robust standards regarding the communication of radiology results
The Coroners Court of Victoria has called for the development of a set of standards specifically setting out systems for…
May 31, 2018
INSIGHT: Sparks v Hobson; Gray v Hobson [2018] NSWCA 29: Is this a prelude to the expansion of the peer professional opinion defence in NSW?
A recent decision by the NSW Court of Appeal has given rise to hopes that the current interpretation of the…