Medicare compliance
On-demand recorded 16 Jul 2025
Medicare can be complex, so understanding and meeting your obligations when claiming can seem challenging. Join experts from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing for an engaging webinar offering practical insights to make it easier for you to comply with Medicare requirements.
In this session, we’ll look at:
- Medicare and Medicare Compliance: become familiar with the general principles of Medicare and compliance.
- Types of non-compliance and compliance activities: Gain an understanding of the different types of non-compliance, how they are identified and the activities that are used to manage them.
- Compliance risks and priorities: Learn about the department’s approach to compliance and improve your awareness of common compliance risks and priorities.
- Case studies: Explore some practical examples to help you better understand Medicare and avoid instances of non-compliance.
- Supporting resources: Know where to go for further information and support when claiming under Medicare.
This webinar offers practical advice to help you stay compliant and confident in your billing practices. The content is suitable for healthcare providers and practice staff who are either new to or experienced with billing under Medicare.
Responses to the questions that could not be answered in the time allocated for the webinar are available to download
here.
Learning outcomes
- Describe the key stages of the Medicare compliance process
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Outline the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s compliance priorities for 2025
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Identify supports, resources and contacts to assist with Medicare compliance
Facilitator
Dr Michael Wright
RACGP President
MBBS MSC PhD FRACGP GAICD
Dr Michael Wright is a general practitioner, health economist and health services researcher based in Sydney, Australia. He commenced as RACGP President on 21 November 2024.
Michael is also an Associate Professor at the International Centre for Future Health Systems at the University of New South Wales. He combines clinical practice with strategic appointments and academic research analysing the effects of health policy on the quality and performance of primary care.
Michael completed GP registrar training in Queensland and previously worked in London as a GP, where he completed his Masters in Public Health and was also a researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Michael completed his PhD in Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 2019. His PhD investigated the impact of continuity of general practice care on health outcomes, and his research interest including growing the evidence base about the value of high-quality primary care, and health policy research into quality, efficiency and sustainability of heath services.
Presenter
Dr Sarah Mahoney
Senior Medical Adviser, Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Dr Sarah Mahoney is a Senior Medical Adviser with the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. She has more than 30 years clinical experience in a variety of settings including rural and urban general practice, emergency medicine and early detection of breast cancer. She has an extensive background in clinical education, and was an Associate Professor and Academic Coordinator of the Onkaparinga Clinical Education Program in the Flinders University MD program, followed by Subject Coordinator in Principles of Clinical Practice at the University of Melbourne. She has worked in the Benefits Integrity Division of the department for the past six years.