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Costing ABF Improvement Group - 7-8 March 2013





Dates
Thursday, 7 March 2013 - Friday, 8 March 2013

Meeting Code
HRT1302b

Location
Novotel
200 Creek Street
Brisbane
Queensland
Australia

Would you like more information?
Chris O'Gorman
chris.o'gorman@healthroundtable.org


Please Register your delegates by 17 February 2013

Delegate Registrations may be cancelled up to 27 February 2013 with a full credit of monies paid. After that date, no credits are possible. However, you may substitute a different person for those registered at any time. Hotel/Venue and airfare arrangements are separate, and may have different policies regarding cancellations and name changes. Please contact them directly.

 

Note: Delegates are responsible for making their own accommodation and travel/flight arrangements. If you require accommodation you must book before COB 6 February 2013. Requests for accommodation after this date will be subject to availability and rates at the time each individual reservation is made. Please see Accommodation information below.

   

CASEMIX REVIEW MEETING - Wednesday Morning 6 March 2013

Session 1:  Understanding Health Roundtable Reports and Processes

8.30–9.00am

Registration and Arrival Tea & Coffee

9.00–9.30am

Welcome & Introductions

Overview of The Health Roundtable – Sharing Innovations

9.30–10.30am

Understanding “My Data” from The Health Roundtable

  • Inpatient Briefings and the “Top 10”
  • Departmental Comparison Reports
  • Key Performance Indicator Trend Reports
  • Inpatient Mortality Analyses

10.30–11.00am

Morning Tea

11.00–12.00 noon

Benchmarking for Innovation – How to Use the Reports

  • Identifying your Key Issues from the Reports
  • Finding Exemplars to Challenge Your Thinking
  • Setting Specific Patient Related Improvement Goals
  • Developing the Project Plan and Daily Measurements
  • Listening to your Stakeholders

12.00–12.30pm

Feedback session from small groups

12.30–1.30pm

Lunch

CASEMIX REVIEW MEETING - Wednesday Afternoon 6 March 2013

Session 2:  Improving Health Roundtable Reports and Processes

1.30–1.45pm

Welcome & Introductions

1.45–2.45pm

Health Roundtable Reporting:  Key Issues and Recommendations

The Health Roundtable currently generates thousands of reports every six months to provide comparisons across member health services. How can they be improved and be more effective? For example:

  • Should we provide more specific guidance or provide more interactive tools for you to draw your own conclusions?
  • Should we keep the focus on DRGs or drill down to diagnoses and procedures instead?
  • Should we expand analyses to include subacute/ambulatory care?

Small Group Discussions on Issues and Solutions

2.45–3.00pm

Plenary Feedback Session on Improvement Suggestions

3.00–3.15pm

Afternoon Tea

3.15–5.00pm

Using Inpatient Data for Operational Planning

The Health Roundtable provides a free Excel tool loaded with your own historical data to help you work with clinicians to plan their episode volume and bed day usage within an ABF environment. Paul White, our lead consultant, will provide a brief overview.

5.00pm

Meeting Closes

6.30pm

Group Dinner (optional) - Epicurean Restaurant

Inchcolm Hotel, 73 Wickham Terrace – To Be Confirmed 


Costing & ABF Improvement Group

Day 1 – Thursday 7 March 2013

8.30–9.00am

Registration and Arrival Tea & Coffee

9.00–9.45am

Welcome & Introductions

Overview of Health Roundtable Costing Results for 2011/12

9.45–10.30am

Australian Pricing Framework – Review of 2012 and Planned Changes for 2013

James Downie – Executive Director, Activity Based Funding, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA)

James will report on progress made in 2012, share insights into areas that hospitals should be reviewing during the coming year and share the results from the latest costing round, lessons learnt and the new Pricing Framework for 2013/14.

10.30–11.00

Morning Tea/Informal Discussions

11.00–12.00 noon

Regional Updates on ABF Progress & Issues (10 mins each)

We will ask one representative of each jurisdiction to provide a quick update on key issues members are facing on ABF issues in that jurisdiction.

12.00–12.30pm

Group Discussion by Region

Delegates will split into regional groups to share thoughts and ideas about ABF progress and identify key tasks for 2013.

12.30–1.30pm

Lunch

1.30–3.00pm

Costing Data Review – 2011/12 Results & New Reports

Overview of suite of Costing Reports for Inpatients/Emergency/Outpatients

  • Standard Cost comparison
  • Costing Briefings by DRG/URG/Clinic
  • Unfunded Days
  • “Profitability” Reports

3.00–3.30pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30–5.00pm

Costing Report Tutorials – Understanding Your Results

Small group discussions on Inpatient/ED/Outpatient report suites

6.30pm

Group Dinner (Optional) - Augustine’s on George, 40 George Street, Brisbane

Day 2 – Friday 8 March 2013

8.30–9.00am

Registration and Arrival Tea & Coffee

9.00–9.15am

Welcome & Introductions – Review of Day 1 Issues

9.15–10.30am

Finding Million Dollar opportunities in your data

  • Using standardised cost reports
  • Using “top 10” reports
  • Finding the “exemplars”
  • Discussing opportunities with exemplar organisations

10.30–11.00pm

Morning Tea

11.00–12.00 noon

Improving Cost comparability between Health Services and Jurisdictions

  • Results from Compliance Checklist

Cost Allocation - Small group discussion on improving compliance

  • Inpatients
  • Emergency
  • Outpatients

12.00–12.30pm

Health Service Team Planning – Key projects for 2013

12.30–1.30pm

Lunch

1.30–2.30pm

Improving Health Roundtable approach to Costing

Participants will develop suggested improvements in small groups on issues such as:

  • Aligning with revised NHCDC specifications
  • Cost inclusions & exclusions e.g. Teaching & Research
  • Changes to Roundtable Costing Specifications
  • Improving Comparability – I/P, ED, Outpatients
  • Same or Different Reports for New Zealand
  • Preparing for Sub-Acute and Mental Health Output funding
  • Ideas to improve reports

2.30–3.00pm

Afternoon Tea

3.00–4.00pm

Developing Competency Packages for Clinical Costing Staff

Liz Lea, Manager Funding Analysis & Clinical Costing, Clinical Information Service, Townsville Hospital and Health Service.

It's recognised that there are specific skills associated with clinical costing roles and in the absence of a formal career structure for this type of work, we are trying to establish a skills development program to formalise knowledge of existing clinical costing staff and to assist with training new staff. 

4.00pm

Meeting Concludes

 

 

 


 

 Accommodation & Flight Arrangements

Delegates are responsible for making their own accommodation and travel/flight arrangements.

The Novotel Brisbane has set aside rooms for the nights of 5, 6 & 7 March 2013 for The Health Roundtable at the Conference rate of AUD$239.00 (inc GST) room only, per room per night.  

Breakfast rates are charged at a rate of $20.00 per person when contracted at the time of booking the accommodation. Otherwise the Full Buffet Breakfast rate is $29.50 per person if not included in the accommodation rate.

To receive this rate, Delegates should call In-house Reservations on 07 3309 3374 quoting THE HEALTH ROUNDTABLE Block Booking Reference #110702.

To reserve one of these rooms please book before COB 6 February 2013

Requests for accommodation after this date will be subject to availability and rates at the time each individual reservation is made.