Bleeding The System

Australia's private pathology industry is booming. So, too, according to doctors and industry insiders, is corruption. Gary Tippet explains how a minority is making big money from rorting the system. DOCTOR D is a general practitioner in a Melbourne suburban practice with four other doctors. Two

Pathology Rorts Rising - Doctors

A DRAMATIC rise in the use of pathology services in the past year has sparked renewed allegations of widespread over-servicing and corruption in Australia's $1billion-a-year private pathology industry. Medicare benefits paid for pathology tests have risen by $70million to $703 million in the past