Management and accountability
Structure and organisation chart
The Director, Dr Tony Webber, is a statutory officer appointed by the Minister for Health and Ageing (with agreement from the AMA) to manage the PSR process. The Director reports directly to the Minister and his actions are governed by the Health Insurance Act 1973.
An Executive Officer, Mr John Jenner, three Unit Managers and their staff support the Director in his role (see Figure 1).
The Executive Officer reports to the Director and has a leadership role in achieving organisational objectives through management of operational matters, financial and human resources, policy development and provision of governance advice.
The Review Unit assists the Director with the review of requests received from Medicare Australia. It also produces the agreements sent to the Determining Authority following negotiations and the documentation for referrals of practitioners to committees. The Committees Unit provides secretariat support to committees. The Corporate Unit provides financial and human resources and information technology services and support for the whole organisation.
General legal assistance is outsourced to the Minter Ellison law firm. Minter Ellison lawyers in each state provide assistance at committee hearings.
In addition, secretariat support for the Determining Authority is located within PSR's offices. Legal support is provided to the Determining Authority by Phillips Fox Lawyers.
PSR operates two standing committees-an Audit Committee and a Management Committee.
Figure 1: Organisation chart
