The Anxiety of Psychological Practice in Australia

About the Book

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

About the Author

DR. TONY PASTORE MAPS is fully registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as a Psychologist and is a full Member of the Australian Psychological Society. He has obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Applied Psychology from the Monash University), a Post Graduate Degree in Psychology from the University of Melbourne and has completed the Clinical Masters equivalent and his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Latrobe University. He is also a member of the College of Clinical Psychologists and of the College of Forensic Psychologists with the Australian Psychological Society. He has been in private practice for 20 years.