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NATIONAL
HEALTH CARE REFORM
30th November -2nd December 2009 * Canberra


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National Health Care Reform will provide an opportunity for all levels of government and health service providers to address the important ramifications of the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission’s (NHHRC) recommendations for a sweeping overhaul of the health system across Australia.

The country has not been subject to a review of such significance since the introduction of Medicare and much debate has ensued regarding the strategies required for implementation.

The Commission have proposed for the Commonwealth to take charge of primary healthcare, introduce a universal dental care system and set up a new Medicare system named “Medicare Select”.

These historic proposals could dramatically change and reshape our health care system, demanding preparation and unity from all levels of government.

What key areas of health will be presented and debated?

MEDICARE SELECT
DENTICARE AUSTRALIA
E-HEALTH
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH
SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE IN REMOTE AND RURAL AREAS
ACTIVITY BASED FUNDING
MENTAL HEALTH
PREVENTION

Who will be presenting?

•    Professor Justin Beilby, Commissioner, National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC)
•    The Hon. John Hill MP, Minister for Health, Department of Health, SA
•    Katy Gallagher, Deputy Chief Minister, Minister for Health, ACT Health
•    Professor Andrew Wilson, Deputy Director-General, Policy Planning and Resourcing Division, Queensland Health
•    Mr Rod Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Inner East Community Health Service
•    Ms Robbi Chaplin, Chief Executive Officer, Inner South Community Health Service
•    Esther Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Manningham Community Health Service
•    Helen Owens, Formerly; Commissioner, Productivity Commission and Member, Commonwealth Grants Commission
•    Mary Foley, National Councillor (NSW) Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association and Deputy Chancellor, University of Western Sydney
•    Ian McAuley, Fellow, Centre for Policy Development and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra
•    Steve Sant, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA)
•    Michael Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Association of Australia
•    Professor Hans Zoellner, Chairman, Association for the Promotion of Oral Health
•    Dr Tim Woodruff, President, Doctors Reform Society
•    Adam Powick, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
•    Alan Eckstein, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

This event has already attracted enormous interest and positive feedback.

Do not miss this opportunity to be a part of one of the Australia’s most important and significant policy debates in years!

 

Speakers

Professor Justin Beilby, Commissioner, National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC)
The Hon. John Hill MP, Minister for Health, Department of Health, SA
Katy Gallagher, Deputy Chief Minister, Minister for Health, ACT Health
Professor Andrew Wilson, Deputy Director-General, Policy Planning and Resourcing Division, Queensland Health
Mr Rod Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Inner East Community Health Service
Ms Robbi Chaplin, Chief Executive Officer, Inner South Community Health Service
Esther Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Manningham Community Health Service
Helen Owens, Formerly; Commissioner, Productivity Commission and Member, Commonwealth Grants Commission
Mary Foley, National Councillor (NSW) Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association and Deputy Chancellor, University of Western Sydney
Ian McAuley, Fellow, Centre for Policy Development and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra
Steve Sant, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA)
Michael Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Association of Australia
Professor Hans Zoellner, Chairman, Association for the Promotion of Oral Health
Dr Tim Woodruff, President, Doctors Reform Society
Adam Powick, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Alan Eckstein, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

 

Conference Agenda

DAY ONE – Monday 30th November 2009

 
8:30    Registration

9:00    Welcoming remarks from the Chair

9:10    MINISTERIAL ADDRESS

Discussing the state response to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission and its impact on health care reform

Katy Gallagher, Deputy Chief Minister, Minister for Health, ACT Health

MEDICARE SELECT

9:50    MINISTERIAL ADDRESS

The Hon. John Hill MP, Minister for Health, Department of Health, SA

10:30    Morning Tea

11:00    Exploring the managed competition model

•    Eliminating cost shifting and encouraging efficient service use with a new governance model which will build and expand on Medicare
•    Offering greater consumer choice and competition through the introduction of health and hospital plans
•    Providing a consistent approach across the country for patient safety and quality, health promotion and prevention, professional registration, workforce planning and education, and e-health
Mary Foley, National Councillor (NSW), Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
And Deputy Chancellor, University of Western Sydney

11:40    PANEL DISCUSSION

Managed competition vs managed care

•    How can we ensure we do not limit patient choice and doctors’ autonomy?
•    Will Medicare Select become the lesser program of a two tier health system?
•    What models are working overseas?
Mary Foley, National Councillor (NSW), Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
And Deputy Chancellor, University of Western Sydney
Helen Owens, Formerly; Commissioner, Productivity Commission and Member, Commonwealth Grants Commission
Dr Tim Woodruff, President, Doctors Reform Society

12:20    Lunch

1:20    Will Medicare Select protect bureaucracy in health care?

•    Questioning the proposal to enforce a national “plan” and the value private insurance will add to the health care system
•    What is more important, the “choice” of care or “choice” of provider?
•    How can individuals predict what health care they will need?
•    Will Medicare become the lesser program of a two tier health system?
Ian McAuley, Fellow, Centre for Policy Development and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra

2:00    Debating the issues of funding reform in relation to equity

•    Do the reform recommendations really address the inequity in access?
•    How will the proposed reform change inequity in health outcomes of our health care system?
•    Will the proposed reforms really reach those that are most in need?
Dr Tim Woodruff, President, Doctors Reform Society



2:40    Afternoon Tea

3:10    PANEL DISCUSSION

“What about the private health insurance rebate?”

•    Is choice more important than equity?
•    How does the Private Health Insurance (PHI) contribute to the inequity of access to public hospitals?
Dr Tim Woodruff, President, Doctors Reform Society
Ian McAuley, Fellow, Centre for Policy Development and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra

WORKFORCE REFORM

3:50    Securing a workforce for the future

•    Considering the impact of a new education framework and clinical training infrastructure on the future of our workforce
•    Assessing the successful models available in Australia and overseas
•    Identifying the need for a comprehensive national strategy to recruit, retain and train Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals
•    Ensuring wise investments in the health workforce to maximise efficiencies
Kim Sykes, Director Service and Workforce Planning, Department of Human Services, Victoria

COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRES

4:30    CASE STUDY

Considering the benefits of Victoria’s community health centres   

•    Focussing on health promotion and disease prevention and management
•    Providing affordable health care for all local residents regardless of income
•    Encouraging people to actively participate in their own health care
Rod Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Inner East Community Health Service, VIC
and
Robbi Chaplin, Chief Executive Officer, Inner South Community Health Service, VIC

5:10    Closing remarks from the Chair

5:20     Close of Day One

DAY TWO – Tuesday 1st December 2009

9:00    Welcoming remarks from the Chair

“A HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS”

9:10    KEYNOTE ADDRESS

National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Final Report

Professor Justin Beilby, Commissioner, National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC)

ACTIVITY BASED FUNDING

9:50    Advocating a nationally consistent approach to activity based funding for services provided in public hospitals
•    Reviewing the National Partnership Agreement on Hospital and Health Workforce Reform
•    Enhancing public accountability of public hospital spending and driving technical efficiency in the delivery of health services
•    Comparing the differences in the cost of delivering services across hospitals and across states
Professor Andrew Wilson, Deputy Director-General, Policy Planning and Resourcing Division, Queensland Health

10:30    Morning Tea

CLOSING THE GAP

11:00    PANEL DISCUSSION

How do we improve access to local health care by getting more health professionals into rural and remote Australia?

•    What are the incentives to entice more doctors and other health professionals to the bush?
•    How would the implementation of the Rural Rescue Plan get and keep more doctors in rural practice?
•    How has this type of plan benefited Queensland?
Steve Sant, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA)
Michael Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Association of Australia
Dr Charles Livingstone, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University

MENTAL HEALTH

11:40    Examining the opportunities for mental health delivery in community health services

•    Kids Go for Your Life - remodelling for focus in mental wellness
•    Kinder/early primary school initiatives in mental wellness support
•    Relationship between CHS & early education in developing healthy mental health habits
•    How would this look and what would be the expected outcomes
Esther Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Manningham Community Health Service

12:20    Lunch

E-HEALTH

1:20    Delivering health reform through E-Health

•    Reflecting on the strategic drivers and recommendations for health reform recently articulated in the Commission report
•    Recognising E-Health as a key enabler for health reform
•    Questioning what steps must be taken by key stakeholders to move forward with E-Health in Australia?
Adam Powick, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Alan Eckstein, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

PREVENTION

2:00    Prevention is better than cure -

Encouraging wellness rather than managing sickness

•    Considering the challenge of implementation in a time of economic crisis
•    Understanding that prevention relies on a range of policy areas beyond health  
•    Examining the need for collaboration across Federal, State and Local governments to improve sustainability
Michael Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Association of Australia

2:40    Afternoon Tea

DENTICARE AUSTRALIA

3:10    PANEL DISCUSSION

Is the level of care proposed for Denticare Australia consistent with the rest of the health service?

•    Will the Denticare proposal force a two tier system in health care?
•    Are we putting the skills of our interns at risk?
•    How do we accommodate patients unsuitable for private practice?
•    Will the public system equal a basic system?
Professor John Spencer, Professor, Social and Preventive Dentistry and Director, Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, University of Adelaide

Professor Hans Zoellner, Chairman, Association for the Promotion of Oral Health

3:50    Exploring the universal access to dental care funding model

•    Examining the 0.75% increase in the Medicare levy to provide restorative and preventative oral health care
•    Identifying the challenge of offering access to private and public dental health plans in a constrained supply market
•    Assessing the need for investment in training and capital infrastructure
•    Considering the impact of the introduction of a one-year internship scheme prior to full registration
Professor Hans Zoellner, Chairman, Association for the Promotion of Oral Health

4:30    Closing remarks from the Chair
 
4:40    Close of Day Two

 

Workshop Agenda

DAY THREE - Wednesday 2nd December 2009

INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP

9am – 12pm
(Includes Morning Tea)

How to implement effective governance and compliance

This workshop will provide delegates with the tools to effectively plan and implement governance and compliance across all stakeholder groups.   

Engage in an intensive and interactive environment to examine the following key areas of governance and compliance management:

•    Understanding your compliance and governance obligations
•    Designing and reviewing your governance programs
•    Reviewing governance structures within the compliance framework
•    Balancing requirements for efficient resource management with effective program delivery
•    Bringing an approach to each client assignment that challenges new boundaries
•    Achieving objectives by supplementing in-house capabilities
•    Ensuring compliance and governance risks are managed effectively
Margaret Coaldrake, Managing Director, Langdale Consulting Pty Ltd