Dr Margaret Faux

A passion for learning and working with people has steered Margaret through a rich and diverse working life. Her interest in the medical professions has endured throughout this journey and her dedication to the health sector lies at the heart of Synapse Medical Services.

Margaret is a health system lawyer who has a PhD on the topic of Medicare claiming and compliance. She is also an academic scholar of Medicare and health insurance law, who has published extensively both in peer reviewed journals and popular media. Margaret has been administering Australian medical billing since Medicare began (across every medical specialty), and also has extensive experience administering health financing arrangements in other countries. She is also a Registered Nurse, our founder and CEO, and is endlessly curious about the mysteries of Medicare, universal health coverage, and the way countries pay for health.

Margaret is considered one of Australia’s leading experts on the operation of Medicare and Australia’s health financing arrangements, and has an adjunct appointment at Southern Cross University working in medical billing and coding research. She is a well-respected and sought-after speaker and author of information on health financing systems, both in Australia and overseas.

As an entrepreneur, Margaret is constantly seeking new ways to improve efficiencies in health administration, by leveraging technology to digitise outdated manual processes.

Dr. Margaret Faux’s thesis, Claiming and Compliance under the Medicare Benefits Schedule: A Critical Examination of Medical Practitioner Experiences, Perceptions, Attitudes and Knowledge is now available online.