Dates
Wednesday, 25 March 2020 - Thursday, 26 March 2020
Meeting Code
HRT2002
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Chris O'Gorman
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Virtual delivery via Webinar March 25 & 26, 2020 10.00am - 12.00pm EDST
Guest Speakers
James Downie, CEO, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA)
Prior to his current position James was the Executive Director, Activity Based Funding, leading the teams responsible for delivering the classification, costing and pricing functions of IHPA as well as the data acquisition activities.
He previously held roles with the Victorian Department of Health, the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and various technical and operational roles in the resources industry.
He is overseeing the development of reforms to improve Australians’ health outcomes and decrease avoidable demand for public hospital services through the implementation of a range of strategies set out in the COAG Heads of Agreement for Public Hospitals Funding from July 2017 to June 2020.
Dr Rhonda Kerr, Director Economics, Health Services and Planning, GENI
Rhonda Kerr has more than 35 years’ experience in health economics, health service and facilities planning. She has held senior roles with Australian Governments and advised public and private health care in Australasia and Asia. Rhonda was appointed the Director, Economics, Health Services and Planning, Guidelines and Economists Network International (GENI) in April 2016.
Rhonda has been involved in over 40 hospital and health service development projects. Her work has been referenced in major national health reviews. Her doctoral research at Curtin University, has evaluated capital funding systems in 18 OECD countries for efficiency, fiscal sustainability, delivery of clinical standards, and responsiveness to clinical improvements and patient demand. Her research has identified and costed the capital needed to facilitate contemporary, guidelines-based care for 36% of Australian patients. The model she has developed links capital to the patient, the procedure and the outcome with lower costs than traditional depreciation-based models of capital funding.
She is committed to building better hospitals through effective capital funding systems that facilitate patient access to efficient care.