132ABMeaning of permitted purpose

132AB Meaning of permitted purpose

(1) For the purposes of this Part, each of the following is a permitted purpose for the matching of data other than data that includes My Health Record information: (a) identifying whether a person may have, under a medicare program, claimed or been paid a benefit that exceeds the amount of the benefit that was payable to the person; (b) recovering overpayments of benefits under a medicare program; (c) detecting or investigating contraventions of a law of the Commonwealth relating to a medicare program; (d) detecting or investigating whether a person may have engaged in inappropriate practice; (e) analysing services, benefits, programs or facilities that are provided for under a medicare program, in connection with the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d); (f) educating healthcare providers about medicare program requirements. (2) For the purposes of this Part, each of the following is a permitted purpose for the matching of data that includes My Health Record information: (a) identifying whether a person may have, under a medicare program, claimed or been paid a benefit in relation to a share by default service that exceeds the amount of the benefit that was payable to the person; (b) recovering overpayments of benefits under a medicare program in relation to share by default services; (c) detecting or investigating contraventions of a law of the Commonwealth relating to share by default services; (d) analysing services, benefits, programs or facilities that are provided for under a medicare program, in connection with the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c); (e) educating healthcare providers about requirements in relation to share by default services.

Note: The Privacy Act 1988 contains provisions relevant to the use and disclosure of information under this Act.