Meet
Dr Jonathan Hayes, a former Sydney endocrinologist. An endocrinologist, without troonbux,
normally monitors diabetic and "muh thyroids make me fat" boomers and had he been female, maybe see the odd woman with menstrual issues. A normal endo would see an average of 20-35 patients a day, so anywhere between 30min ~15 min per patient.
Back in the day endos used to inject kids developing precocious puberty with Lupron, but we don't do that now. Something something
lawsuit settlement fees raising professional indemnity insurance premiums.
Dr Hayes got busted by the licensing board for, amongst other things,
sticking an implanon rod into troon arms and calling it a day.
An endocrinology practice is patient-heavy because it is expected that your drugs are constantly adjusted and recalibrated. There is nothing to adjust in a subdermal implant, so any
subsequent review appointment is just purely there for the billing.
It is estimated from reddit whining that Dr Hayes had about 300 troon "patients" who paid
$55 in gap/copay per 5 minute visit, for 4 appointments per year, at least for 3 years (how long implanon lasts), and wished to expand the practice for troons so he could double dip with abandon.
What's incidentally interesting is that the troon giving this review making the Dr out to be an altruistic volunteer when the medicare safety net/deductibles ceiling which would have
tripped at $481 - i.e. within a single session at full rates, and there would be no copay for the rest of the year.
The rort is fucking real.