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Pre Conference Masterclass:
Chronic Disease Self Management
19th April 2010 8am - 5:30pm
Conference:
Day 1
20th April 2010 8am - 5:30pm
Day 2
21st April 2010 8am - 5:30pm
Day 3
22ndApril 2010 8am - 5:30pm
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Day One, Tuesday 20th April 2010 Day One, Tuesday 20th April 2010
08.50 Opening remarks from the Chair
Non-Executive Director, Ramsay Health Care
Reform strategy and implementation 09.00 Keynote Presentation: Federal Government Perspective
- Re-shaping the healthcare system to meet future needs
- Getting the funding model right
- Removing impediments and inefficiencies
- Implementing the reform plan
Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Ageing
09.30 Keynote Presentation: The Opposition perspective
- Evaluating the government’s response to the NHHRC:
- Alternative funding and governance models worth considering
- What should a well designed system look like?
The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, Federal Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing, Liberal Party
10.00 State Government Perspective
- Delivering better health outcomes through better governance
- Coordinating care across the system – taking a whole of community approach
- Getting the mix of federal-state responsibilities right
Senior Director, Workforce Planning and Coordination Branch, Queensland Health
10.30 Speed networking and morning tea Funding, governance and service delivery11.15 Healthcare Service Reform: Delivery & Accountability
- Ways to implement the government’s response to the NHHRC
- Is there a need for a national audit of health expenditure?
- Methods and tools for measuring achievements
Executive Dean Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide & former Commissioner, NHHRC
11.45 International Case Study: Reforming the healthcare system in the Netherlands
- What were the drivers of reform?
- Universal coverage: the start or the end of the reform agenda?
- Meeting reform objectives met: the biggest implementation challenges
- Balancing managed care and free patient choice to providers
Head department of public health facilities, Division of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
12.15 Structural issues in the proposed reform model
- Dealing with the vagaries of responsibility – where does the buck stop?
- What are the pathways for future governance?
- Have the imperatives for reform been addressed?
National President, Institute of Public Administration Australia
12.45 Panel Discussion: Alternative Funding Models
- Evaluating the current funding and delivery models
- Achieving greater accountability
- Overcoming social and geographical inequities
Non-Executive Director, Ramsay Health Care CEO, Private Health Insurance & Deputy MD, Medibank Private Chair, Australian Healthcare Reform Alliance National President, AAPM - Australian Association of Practice Managers
14.15 The role of primary care in a reformed healthcare system
- Should primary care be the mainstay of the new health care system and why?
- Evaluating Australia’s first primary health strategy
- The primary care workforce: resourcing and sustaining the system over the long term
President, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
14.45 Public Hospital Leaders Panel - The future role of public hospitals
- Is devolving management of public hospitals the way to go?
- Improving access and equity issues
- Making sure that funding goes to the bedside, the clinic and the surgery
- Building stronger links with primary, community and aged care providers
CEO, Sydney Adventist Hospital Director of Clinical Services, Prince of Wales Hospital & Vice President, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association Executive Director Health Services, Mercy Hospital for Women
15.45 The future role of private health insurance in a reformed healthcare system
- How will proposed changes to Medicare impact the private health insurance sector?
- The importance of public-private competition in providing high quality affordable care
- Will Medibank Private become just another insurer?
CEO, Private Health Insurance & Deputy MD, Medibank Private
16.15 Can Private Health Insurance meet the real needs of patients?
- Are the interests of consumers, providers and funders mutually exclusive?
- How can they be better aligned?
- Can insurers as financial institutions add value to health care?
16.45 Analysing the structure and foundations of our health system – do we need insurance at all?
- Why do we assume that an insurer will pay our bills?
- Why are there different funding mechanisms for public and private hospitals?
- Why have we insulated health care from competition policy?
Health Economist, Centre for Policy Development
17.15 Panel Discussion: Creating a world-class health system — a roadmap for the reform journey
- Who should run the health system, and how?
- Big-bang or incremental reform?
- Improving the integration of care
- Achieving greater community engagement in health care planning
- Providing care appropriate to the patient’s needs
MD, Senior Director of Worldwide Health, Microsoft Corporation Non-Executive Director, Ramsay Health Care Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy Director of Clinical Services, Prince of Wales Hospital & Vice President, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association Vice President, Australian Private Hospitals Association
18.00 Closing Remarks by the Chair18.10
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