Horst Phone the press & TV stations. They love reporting on this kind of nonsense & they get answers from the ministers etc. quickly
Cedric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Horst Herb Sent: Tuesday, 1 May 2007 2:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: [GPCG_TALK] Dorrigo without a doctor - no provider number! I was just informed that my Medicare proivider number expired on Sunday, and that all PBS scripts I worte yesterday and today have to be paid in full by the patients (no PBS subsidy), and that th patients will not receive any MBS benefits for their consultations yesterday and today I sent in my renewal application more than a month ago, and teh Medicare provider section informed me on the phone 10 minutes ago that they indeed received the application forwarded it to the DoHA last Tuesday and haven't heard from them since. Important: there is no reason whatsoever not to renew the provider number I had for the past 5 years - it is just bureaucratic delay caused by departmental incompetence, laziness and procrastination which has already once (7 years ago) cost me a whole month of MBS income That will in fact leave Dorrigo incl. the whole Dorrigo Plateau (semi isolated area with some 4,000 patients) without medical services, because my part time ssociate will not work without my support I would appreciate if anybody with influence, media, press would take this matter up on behalf of myself and my patients, since the arrogant bureaucracy has decided not to be available to me on phone unless they can turf me off to yet another phone number and / or department. I had it, I quit. The Australian health bureaucracy can play silly buggers without me, I have no time for this nonsense. Cheers, Horst _______________________________________________ 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
