Doctors to repay $4m for rorting Medicare

The number of investigations into health practitioners rorting the Medicare Benefits Schedule rose 40 per cent in 2014-15.

Source: AAP

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.