A number of doctors have been ordered to repay more than $4 million to the federal government for rorting the Medicare Benefits Schedule.
The independent Professional Services Review Agency's annual report shows there was a 40 per cent increase in the number of matters referred for investigation in 2014-15, Health Minister Sussan Ley said in a statement.
Of particular concern was the misuse of chronic disease management benefits, which alone have cost the government $2.7 billion in the nine years since being introduced.
The full report will be tabled in federal parliament on Monday.
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