David Medicare if worried, wil now visit that GP and ask to see this patients medical file to see when referral was 1st written. Then the GP is the one in the hot water if he can't prove when it was originally done.
Cedric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Guest Sent: Friday, 23 February 2007 9:09 AM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Referrals from a specialists perspective Duncan Guy wrote: > A colleague had a referral questioned, he was able to provide a > scanned copy. The HIC snoops said that wasnt enough, he argued, it > went back and forth with no ruling. In the end he rang the GP > concerned and asked if a duplicate referral could be issued, this was > done and HIC was happy But a duplicate is not the original. How does the HIC know that Duncan's mate didn't whip it up on his computer? The only rational way to proceed would be for the HIC to contact the GP directly for confirmation (after reading him the various unpleasantries that follow from defrauding the Commonwealth government through contravention of the Medicare Act). David _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
