PSR Annual Report 2005-2006

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Report on performance

Outcome and output structure

PSR contributes to the Health and Ageing portfolio outcomes. The PSR scheme is funded to ensure that any requests by Medicare Australia of suspected cases of inappropriate practice are reviewed and, if necessary, investigated by a committee of the practitioner's peers. Regulatory activity is the only output for PSR.

The PSR outcome specified in the Portfolio Budget Statement 2005-06 was:

Output Output Group
Australians are protected from meeting the cost and associated risks of inappropriate practices of health service providers. 1. Program management

The PSR output specified in the Portfolio Budget Statement 2005-06 was:

Output Group 1 - Program Management Quantity and Price
Examination of health practitioners' conduct to ascertain whether or not the practitioner has practiced inappropriately in relation to services that attract Medicare or pharmaceutical benefits.

Quantity:

  • approximately 40 reviews completed
  • approximately 30 committee reports issued
  • approximately 30 final determinations issued
  • approximately 40 effective final determinations issued

Price:

  • $7.593 million

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