Organisational Structure

The Professional Services Review (PSR) Scheme is managed by the Director, who is an independent statutory officer appointed by the Australian Government Minister for Health and Ageing under section 83 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act). In addition to conducting the reviews in line with the powers and functions set out in the Act, section 106ZM states that the Director and the Australian Public Service (APS) employees assisting the Director together constitute a statutory agency, and that the Director is the Head of that statutory agency for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999. Under the Act, the Director is also responsible for arranging for the provision of services to each PSR committee and the Determining Authority.

PSR is also prescribed as an Agency for the purposes of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and the Director is prescribed as the Agency's Chief Executive Officer.

A new structure was implemented across the PSR Agency in 2010-11 (Figure 1). This provided for a:

• finance and information communication technology (ICT) unit, managed by the Chief Financial Officer, which is responsible for the financial management of PSR as well as its information technology and management systems
• corporate unit responsible for the human resources function, planning and reporting, security, and property management
• operations unit responsible for managing the casework arising from Medicare Australia referrals
• quality, information and development unit responsible for quality assurance, risk management, freedom of information and the operations of the Determining Authority.