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Professional Services Review
PSR
1 July 1994 – present
Independent statutory agency that investigates whether practitioners have engaged in inappropriate practice when providing services billed to Medicare or prescribing under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
How it came into existence
Established on 1 July 1994 by amendments inserting the Professional Services Review scheme into the Health Insurance Act 1973, replacing the earlier Medical Services Committees of Inquiry as the peer review mechanism for inappropriate practice.
Legislation: Health Insurance Act 1973
Main functions
- Review of practitioners referred by the Chief Executive Medicare
- Peer review committees on inappropriate practice
- Negotiated agreements and repayment of Medicare benefits
- Determinations including disqualification from Medicare billing
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
- Type of body
- Non-corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Health, Disability and Ageing
- Accountable authority
- Director – Health Insurance Act 1973 section 106ZPLA(c)
- ABN
- 45 307 308 260
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to the latest release (30 June 2026))
Government records and websites
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