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

[@MandaPanda254]

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

[@jamesboyd2978]

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

[@Quadrajettison]

Criminally

[@adamabbas8876]

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]

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.

[@petesmitt]

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]

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

[@headswillroll89]

Your a liberal voter though hey.

[@petesmitt]

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

[@petesmitt]

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

[@NathanCroucher]

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

[@danielmacdonald5631]

I think the federal Police should look at this

[@stevie-ray2020]

AFP should arrest him before he flees the country!

[@miningproductions319]

@@stevie-ray2020he’ll go running back to India

[@fdeffenti]

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

[@crypt2732]

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

[@fdeffenti]

@@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.

[@Lucas-yy3dh]

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

[@petesmitt]

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

[@martianvideo]

He's probably at house 42 by now!

[@Early0025]

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]

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

[@proxactual]

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]

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

[@Early0025]

@@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]

​​@@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.

[@ifiehill1789]

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

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Like the USA At least the UK can be helped

[@stevie-ray2020]

AFP should arrest him before he flees the country!

[@headswillroll89]

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

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

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

[@johnpatrick1588]

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

[@stevie-ray2020]

A case of foot in mouth disease!?!

[@richber]

I think he might have tripped himself up.

[@braininjurydiy]

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.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Good on you Angus for speaking up

[@Conjola-]

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]

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.

[@proxactual]

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

[@heavyduty2280]

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

[@justadam1917]

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

[@Mr83rt]

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 🤣🤣

[@albertgriffith5801]

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.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

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

[@mercy3219]

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

[@paulorocky]

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.

[@SagittarianArrows]

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.

[@heavyduty2280]

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

[@galahad6001]

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

[@Yirragee]

Can't even get any help even though funding is there. 😢

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

The code system is a scam

[@johnpatrick1588]

The Seven Deadly Sins are on display.

[@fredrikb343]

*human nature

[@simonharris4801]

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

[@crypt2732]

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.

[@Kruse1]

Fraud.

[@Quadrajettison]

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