WorkCover patients being turned into ‘unpoliced pots of gold’

WorkCover patients being turned into ‘unpoliced pots of gold’ | 7.30

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7 ай бұрын

Tonight, Adele Ferguson reveals how our government health schemes are being exploited in podiatry with 'bogus billing' and 'fake referrals' turning vulnerable WorkCover patients and veterans into 'unpoliced pots of gold'.
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@MandaPanda254 7 ай бұрын

When i was 17 i saw a psychologist under a mental health plan. I saw her 3 times, didnt like her so i went to see another one, and found out all of my sessions had been used.. discovered the psychologist was charging falsly, even when i was interstate. Reported her for medicare fraud, when they went to investigate all of a sudden her practice was empty and she ran. Its caused me so much distrust in those who im 'supposed' to trust, and left me unable to access treatment i needed

@daRich_X 7 ай бұрын

That psychologist sounds like a POS. Shame on her. Sorry to hear that you had that experience.

@jamesboyd2978 7 ай бұрын

What a total fraud , that doctor needs to be investigated and prosecuted

@Quadrajettison 7 ай бұрын

Criminally

@petesmitt 7 ай бұрын

I reported a specialist for blatant unethical medical treatment and Medicare fraud; the government authority that I wrote to not only failed to investigate my complaint, they sent him a copy of my letter making these serious criminal allegations against him; when I rang the authority to follow up, they hung up on me.

@NathanCroucher 7 ай бұрын

what was the "blatant unethical medical treatment" huh???

@headswillroll89 7 ай бұрын

Your a liberal voter though hey.

@petesmitt 7 ай бұрын

@@NathanCroucher I'm not going into details in a utube comment..

@petesmitt 7 ай бұрын

@@headswillroll89 you're.. and nunya biz.

@NathanCroucher 7 ай бұрын

a 1 day old anonymous account and you wont go into detail. I recon the letter was also forwaded to the fuzzzzz..@@petesmitt

@danielmacdonald5631 7 ай бұрын

I think the federal Police should look at this

@stevie-ray2020 7 ай бұрын

AFP should arrest him before he flees the country!

@adamabbas8876 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like there needs to be better checks and balances in the system. The absolute vast majority of practitioners are hard working, honest and work exorbitant hours for not that much money. Maybe show the other side of the story for the 99.9% of practitioners who stay late, arrive early and sacrifice family time to serve their patients.

@iriya3227 7 ай бұрын

yea I work as a biller in a non-profit hospital. Most of our doctors and allied health have no clue/time on how to bill and severely under bill. Meanwhile, we are not allowed to bill without a signed consent form in perfect condition and we lose millions because of it and write off accounts. For-profit healthcare with weak regulators is a recipe for disaster.

@fdeffenti 7 ай бұрын

Why was he referred to as "Dr"? He is not an MD and does not hold a doctorate.

@crypt2732 7 ай бұрын

He may be. I'm an MD who went ahead to do Podiatry. People are shocked, but calm when they see my degree.

@fdeffenti 7 ай бұрын

@@crypt2732 Dr, I checked his credentials on his company's site. He states that he is a "graduate of a Bachelor in Health Science and Masters [sic] of Podiatric Medicine". You've earned your "doctor" title, no matter what you do afterwards. He, from what I can tell, has not, and is misleading and deceiving the public.

@Early0025 7 ай бұрын

wouldn't be hard for Services Australia to send an automated text message to the patient with what they were billed for, written in laymans terms. For MBS items too.

@headswillroll89 7 ай бұрын

It's because the last 19 of 25 years, the liberal government privatised as much as they could .. why would we expect otherwise

@proxactual 7 ай бұрын

yes it would, for a host of reasons, chiefly that Services Australia doesn't have access to clinical notes nor the ability to transcribe them into laymans terms. They only have access to the item number

@noramaddy4409 7 ай бұрын

@@proxactual Then send the item number and charged amount.

@Early0025 7 ай бұрын

@@proxactual not clinical notes, the item they're billed for. Whether it was an in person item, a comprehensive examination was required, 40 minutes or more etc. Not everyone has a mobile so there is a privacy risk of revealing someone's condition to a caregiver or shared phone user via their item number.

@ether4211 7 ай бұрын

@@Early0025simple solution would be to include it as a opt in notification scheme of X amount charged on medicare for services on X date either by text/email/post just like a normal bill or bank statement. That way if you see a odd charge you can call medicare to ask what it was for and/or report it.

@stevie-ray2020 7 ай бұрын

AFP should arrest him before he flees the country!

@ifiehill1789 7 ай бұрын

Thank God Australia is a good country. There are either places where an expose wouldn't even happen.

@haruhisuzumiya6650 2 ай бұрын

Like the USA At least the UK can be helped

@Lucas-yy3dh 7 ай бұрын

Come on guys, how's young Sanjay gonna get to house 30 if he doesn't overcharge people?

@petesmitt 7 ай бұрын

gotta love the arrogance of putting himself out there on social media..

@martianvideo 7 ай бұрын

He's probably at house 42 by now!

@johnpatrick1588 7 ай бұрын

Sanjay acts more like a pimp or rap star than a doctor on social media.

@stevie-ray2020 7 ай бұрын

A case of foot in mouth disease!?!

@richber 7 ай бұрын

I think he might have tripped himself up.

@headswillroll89 7 ай бұрын

Oh wow. Privatise public healthcare and wonder where we might end up?

@Bennie32831 7 ай бұрын

Good on you Angus for speaking up

@Bennie32831 7 ай бұрын

And people are wondering why NDIS costs so much ✌️👏👏👏👏

@proxactual 7 ай бұрын

"Tonight, we take a close look at Podiatry"... Oh boy, this is gonna be fun

@heavyduty2280 7 ай бұрын

"next week chiropractors" xD "yes ur back has a memory" lmao

@braininjurydiy 7 ай бұрын

Everyone just after gouging money from us, the doctors, the lawyers, the insurers, the IME's. I had one exercise physiologist, I wasn't getting any better, but she'd frame her reports to try and sound like the therapy was helping so she could keep getting appoinmtents approved. I had a brain injury, incredible fatigue, yet she said my grip strenght had gotten better, here's the thing, we never did grip strength exercises and the test depended on how good a grip i got each test, I realised these guys weren't just about treatment but repeat appointments.

@Conjola- 7 ай бұрын

I have had dealings with Dr Sanjay, and he was a piece of work. I do not trust the Seaview Clinic in Wollongong as I do not know which receptionist was passing the information along to him or if it was all of them.

@doctortrainercoach 7 ай бұрын

When will someone shine a proper light on the unhealthy relationship - certainly within Workers Comp and CTP - between a minority of health professionals (including GPs and surgeons) and (at least some) plaintiff law firms? It takes a sadly lacking individual to have the lack of virtue and substance to work under such a model, but it certainly pays well to deliberately not fix people and keep them broken indefinitely. The ill-won fruits of this get to be enjoyed by many living in cushy suburbia whilst honest workers see their livelihoods go down the drain.

@justadam1917 Ай бұрын

Thank you ABC for being one of the few Avenues the whistle can now be blown

@Mr83rt 7 ай бұрын

My poor wife has been chopped and changed through different specialists while on workcover. Shes just recently been told she's now been put back 10 months from the incorrect treatments from previous specialists by her new specialist 🤣🤣

@mercy3219 7 ай бұрын

Why don't the veterans get copies of what is being billed in their names? That would be one avenue for identifying fraud.

@paulorocky 5 ай бұрын

Having been a provider for the DVA, this would be fantastic, however many on the DVA programs are elderly and/or suffering from PTSD, and may not have the wherewithal to store the receipts appropriately. There’s no reason why the department cannot undertake audits, especially for unusual billing practices.

@Bennie32831 7 ай бұрын

If these things were written in words people would see the scams

@SagittarianArrows 5 ай бұрын

The dishonesty and lack of integrity in these professions is gob smacking. Hope these types do not access Essential workers housing. All patients must have a receipt for services. Billing addresses need to be confirmed by the patient before any "consultation" is processed.

@themasses396 6 ай бұрын

I took a client to tje podiatrist once. He logged into her NDIS and told me she had all this money to use and wanted to book it all out for her. I tried to dismiss him saying the office would take care of it and he was so pissed at me, he got quite offensive 😂 I knew it was weird then but now I can actually believe it. What sort of person does this

@themasses396 6 ай бұрын

I should say, that he was not the Dr treating her either. It was her first session, and she was in the treatment room. How did he know what she needed to take all her funding, what if she decoded to go elsewhere.... she never needed to return, thankfully. And when she does she won't be going there ❤

@daRich_X 7 ай бұрын

This veteran looked visibly distressed when he was discussing the bogus charges to his DVA benefits. The shifty 'Dr' podiatrist dude is a bad seed.

@heavyduty2280 7 ай бұрын

repayments! should be jail time then he can get up at 315 any day

@albertgriffith5801 7 ай бұрын

Capitalism incentivizes total self-interest, and punishes any other behaviour. What else was going to happen here? The fact it's all to buy more real estate is just the cherry on top. People might as well look up to that doctor because he's clearly got the game figured out.

@simonharris4801 7 ай бұрын

Sure is , seen it all, every dr, specialist surgeon making money , yet bad results, system gets ripped every minute

@Bennie32831 7 ай бұрын

The code system is a scam

@johnpatrick1588 7 ай бұрын

The Seven Deadly Sins are on display.

@fredrikb343 7 ай бұрын

*human nature

@galahad6001 5 ай бұрын

Sanjay and the Colin (VET) are worlds apart in moral compass.. unfortunately Colin is in the minority and declining. LESS WE FORGET

@Kruse1 7 ай бұрын

Fraud.

@crypt2732 7 ай бұрын

Funny how you want to make this about podiatry and not the practitioner. Podiatrists are an important part of the health sector. I wont be shocked if this is a fishing technique by orthopods.