The Anxiety of Psychological Practice in Australia

Surviving in private practice is not easy when you are accountable to so many statutory bodies such as AHPRA, Medicare WorkCover and the Transport Accident Commission. The legal requirements can be sometimes frightening, daunting and outright scary when you take into consideration the type of penalties that can be applied should you fall out of line with these authorities. From reimbursement of monies to the suspension of your practicing licence (registration), simple mistakes can...
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Surviving in private practice is not easy when you are accountable to so many statutory bodies such as AHPRA, Medicare WorkCover and the Transport Accident Commission. The legal requirements can be sometimes frightening, daunting and outright scary when you take into consideration the type of penalties that can be applied should you fall out of line with these authorities. From reimbursement of monies to the suspension of your practicing licence (registration), simple mistakes can become quite costly. Litigation frightens all of us. I hope this book can be of some help to psychologists and allied health providers in general who would like to take some of the anxiety out of their private practice. Learn how to survive a Medicare Audit or investigation, how to survive a WorkCover Audit or Investigation, how to survive an AHPRA Investigation, how to understand the systems we work under and the consequences thereof, how to avoid litigation by having sound administrative and clerical procedures, what to do if ever investigated, and how to sleep better as a result of taking good business and running an ethical business