29) a g. p. bulk bills at $41.20 per consultation, and sees a new patient every 15 minutes for 3 hours. a new employee calculates the number of patients and then calculates the medicare bill as follows:

number of patients: 3 ÷ 0.15 = 20
medicare bill: 20 × $41.20 = $ 824

a) identify and describe the error.



b) recalculate the medicare bill







c) discuss the possible outcomes if this error occurred in real life, for the g. p. and for medicare.