Burning GP
GPs taking back control of their destiny. A new type of conference brought to you by The Medical Republic and Health Services Daily, and MC’d by comedian Tom Cashman.
June 14th and 15th 2024, Mantra on Salt Beach at Kingscliff, NSW
General practice and GPs are in crisis.
The traditional community medicine ‘bricks and mortar’, team-based practice model is under siege and will likely not survive in its current form long into the future.
Burning GP will bring together key leaders and influencers from general practice, government, the technology sector and related allied providers to examine the key issues at hand and map out an alternative and more positive trajectory for the sector and the profession.
All while having some fun along the way.
FRIDAY 14 JUNE
Registration
8:30am – 9:00am
Welcome
9:00am – 9:15am
Acknowledgement of Country
Welcome and event outline by Convener
Opening address by Keynote Speaker
We’re Not In Kansas Anymore, Part 1:
9:15am – 9:35am
Beyond Abandoning Bulk Billing.
Abandoning bulk billing has set in motion irreversible changes to the GP funding paradigm. But it’s only the start. How might the government chime in moving forward? What are some achievable options for funding reform that will suit the government, the system, patients and GPs?
With Adjunct Professor Karen Price, immediate past President RACGP.
We’re Not In Kansas Anymore, Part 2:
9:35am – 10:10am
Framing the Most Wicked Problems Facing General Practice.
The systems and complexity that frame the problems affecting general practice today and the systemic challenges inherent in redesigning it.
Moderated panel of experts including representatives from the RACGP, DoHAC, AMA and the RDAA
Panel:
- Dr Nicole Higgins, President RACGP
- Dr Danielle McMullen, Vice President AMA
- Peta Rutherford, CEO RDAA
- Daniel McCabe, First Assistant Secretary Medicare Benefits and Digital Health at Australian Department of Health
Moderated by Jeremy Knibbs, Publisher of The Medical Republic and Health Services Daily.
Swimming Out Of The Pink Swamp
10:10am – 10:30am
With Associate Professor Louise Stone, ANU.
- Why there is a gender problem in GP funding, and what it means for the future of the profession.
- Are some of the fundamental societal settings driving how GPs work immovable or not?
Telstra Health: Case Study TEDx Talk 1
With Dr Janice Tan, GP, Clinical Director, PACC & Ecosystem, at Telstra Health
10:30am – 10:40am
Swimming Out Of An Actual Swamp
10:40am – 11:00am
With Dr Sue Velovski, Specialist General Surgeon at St Vincent’s, Lismore, and Monika Wheeler, Chief Executive at Healthy North Coast.
What the Lismore floods can teach us about the reality of patient centricity in the system during crisis, the federal versus state divide on GPs, and dealing better with the sort of crisis we are likely to see a lot more of as a result of climate change.
Morning Tea
11:00am – 11:30am
A Consult In The Life Of A GP 1: A Short Play by TMR
11:30am – 11:40am
Live sketch with real GPs role playing consultations; dealing with complex conditions and multiple comorbidities, clunky technology and MBS limitations.
Amelio Health: Case Study TEDx Talk 2
With Kathy Hubble, CEO at Amelio Health, and, Dr Ati Jhajj, Clinical Advisor at Amelio Health
11:40am – 11:50am
Tech that might help address payment flow costs and complexity in meeting payroll tax compliance.
How Much Upside Might Be In A Single Employer Model For GP Training?
11:50am – 12:10pm
Three experts in conversation with Dr Rob Grenfell, Chief Strategy and Regions Officer Grampians Health.
- Peta Rutherford, CEO RDAA
- Dr Hamish Meldrum, Founder Ochre
- Associate Professor Alam Yoosuff, Vice President RDA NSW
Taxing Times: The Upside Of A Forced New Business Paradigm For Traditional Practices
12:10pm – 12:30pm
- The basics of payroll tax and emerging federal law on deemed employees
- Decisions and strategies for owners moving forward
- The dilemma for corporates
- The opportunity for new entries to the market
With Jeremy Knibbs, Publisher of The Medical Republic and Health Services Daily.
What Does “Sharing By Default” Mean For General Practice, And In What Timeframe?
12:30pm – 1:10pm
DoHAC is moving hard and fast to reinvent interoperability in Australia which means changes to how GPs are connected to the rest of the system, in particular hospitals and aged care are set to change radically. How might this impact the sector?
Panel:
- Dr Danielle McMullen, Vice President AMA
- Dr Edwin Kruys, Co-chair Queensland General Practice Liaison Network
- Daniel McCabe, First Assistant Secretary Medicare Benefits and Digital Health at Australian Department of Health
- Dr Janice Tan, GP, Clinical Director, PACC & Ecosystem, Telstra Health
Moderated by Tim Blake, MD Semantic Consulting.
Lunch
1:10pm – 2:10pm
A Consult In The Life Of A GP 2: A Short Play by TMR
2:10pm – 2:20pm
Live sketch with real GPs role playing consultations; dealing with complex conditions and multiple comorbidities, clunky technology and MBS limitations.
Cubiko: Case Study TEDx Talk 3
With Robert Dickson, Chief Operating Officer at Cubiko
2:20pm – 2:25pm
Working For A Different Business Model: Disruptors, Private Health, Platforms And More
2:25pm – 2:50pm
A flexible, creative and interesting work choice or something else? What might it be really like working for an emerging platform, online and other alternative health provider model?
Panel:
- Dr Max Mollenkopf, GP and owner at Whitebridge Medical Centre
- Dr Roy Mariathas, Founder Reggie Health, Family Physician, RACGP Tech Committee
- Dr Matt Vickers, Clinical Director at Eucalyptus
Moderated by Jeremy Knibbs, Publisher of The Medical Republic and Health Services Daily
Everyone Hates GPs Unless It’s Their Own GP – Leveraging A Dynamic
2:50pm – 3:15pm
Patients are starting to have a major political impact in the bush and some in the cities post the call to “abandon bulk billing”. Can GPs leverage the patient much better to persuade minds in Canberra about change?
Panel:
- Dr Danielle McMullen, Vice President AMA
- Dr Max Mollenkopf, GP and owner at Whitebridge Medical Centre
- Associate Professor Louise Stone, ANU
- Harry Iles-Mann, Health Consumer Leader
Moderated by Adjunct Professor Karen Price, immediate past President RACGP.
Afternoon Tea
3:15pm – 3:45pm
Surgical Partners: Case Study TEDx Talk 4
With Marcus Wilson, Founder and CEO of Surgical Partners
3:45pm – 3:50pm
Will Payroll Tax Fundamentally Alter The Way Corporates Work And How GPs Work For Them?
3:50pm – 4:10pm
Panel:
- Dr Hamish Meldrum, Co-Founder & Director Ochre Health
- Andrew Cohen, CEO ForHealth
- David Dahm, Founder and CEO Health and Life
With Jeremy Knibbs, Publisher of The Medical Republic and Health Services Daily.
A Brothel Owner, A Buddhist And A GP Practice Owner Walk Into A Bar
4:10pm – 4:25pm
Why most small to medium GP practice owners would likely survive a state revenue office payroll tax audit, even if they haven’t got their organisational and process ducks in a row yet, and why no one gets to see all the payroll tax cases GP win against SROs.
With a tax law specialist Lukasz Wyszynski, Principal Solicitor at Hamilton Bailey Lawyers.
The Pub Test: The Value Equation For Lots More Data, Outcomes-Based Funding, And Dealing With Truly Complex Patients
4:25pm – 4:45pm
A discussion between four protagonists having a drink at “the pub’.
In the armchairs:
- Adjunct Professor Karen Price, immediate past President RACGP
- Simon Cotterell, Strategic Advisor; former First Assistant Secretary, Primary Care Division, DOHAC
- Karen Booth, President APNA
- Simon Cleverley, Assistant Secretary at Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Gala Dinner
6:30pm – 10:30pm
Hosted by comedian Tom Cashman, the Gala Dinner will feature our Great Debate (below) and a live band during a delicious three course meal.
The theme is ‘music through the ages’, so delegates are encouraged to dress up!
We will open with an address by Dr Nicole Higgins, President RACGP, followed by a presentation by Dr Jason Lam, otherwise known as The Dance Doctor, entitled Pigeon Without a Hole : A Nonsensical Mishmash of Mixed Metaphors on Finding Your Place in Medicine.
Great Debate
8:30pm – 9:00pm
Is general practice the most interesting, creative and flexible choice of medical specialisation?
For:
- Dr Dan Wilson, Specialist General Practitioner & Rural Generalist, Non-Executive Director of RDAV, Deputy Co-Chair of AMACDT
- Allen Xiao, President AMSA
- Dr Bruce Willett, Owner and Principal Victoria Point Surgery, immediate past Chair RACGP Queensland
Against:
- Dr Sue Velovski, Specialist General Surgeon
- Rob Grenfell, Chief Strategy and Regions Officer Grampians Health
- Dr Jason Lam, The Dance Doctor
Moderated by Tom Cashman.
Saturday 15 JUNE
Why GPs Work Best When They’re In A Social Network
8:40am – 9:00am
With Adjunct Professor Karen Price.
One Integrated Health System, One Funder
9:00am – 9:30am
Can we redesign the health system as one system within the confines of our federated political system, and if so, where would general practice sit in such a design?
Panel:
- Dr Michael Wright, CMO Avant
- Simon Cotterell, Strategic Advisor; former First Assistant Secretary, Primary Care Division, DOHAC
- Dr Rob Grenfell, Chief Strategy and Regions Officer Grampians Health
- Bettina McMahon, CEO Healthdirect
- Simon Cleverley, Assistant Secretary at Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Moderated by Jay Rebbeck, Rebbeck Consulting.
How do we better connect general practice to hospitals?
9:30am – 10:10am
Panel:
- Associate Professor Alam Yoosuff, Vice President RDA NSW
- Dr Edwin Kruys, Co-chair Queensland General Practice Liaison Network
- Bettina McMahon, CEO Healthdirect
- Dr Srishti Dutta, Chair, GPSA and GP Liaison officer North Brisbane
Moderated by Tim Blake, MD at Semantic Consulting
Evrima: Case Study TEDx Talk 5
With Charlotte Bradshaw, Founder and CEO of Evrima
10:10am – 10:20am
Part Time (Creative) Lovers
10:20am – 10:55am
Creative careers for GPs: doing your own thing a lot more:
- GP working flexibility
- Working two streams of career
- Working for a platform, government, academia, private health, in the rural hospital system, private health insurance, for a start up
- Entrepreneurial GP stories
Panel discussion with Jeremy Knibbs and:
- Dr Aaron Wong, GP, Clinical Consultant at HealthShare, Principal Investigator for clinical trials at KeyHealth
- Dr Darran Foo, GP, Medical Director at Healthdirect Australia, Medical Advisor at VentureBlick, PhD Candidate in Health Innovation at Macquarie University
- Dr Ati Jhajj, GP and Clinical Advisor, Amelio Health
- Dr Roy Mariathas, Founder Reggie Health, Family Physician, RACGP Tech Committee
- Dr Matt Vickers, Clinical Director at Eucalyptus
Morning Tea
10:55am – 11:25am
5 Technology Trends Likely To Help Transform General Practice
11:25pm – 12:00pm
- Sharing by default in general practice
- What does web sharing look for our PMS systems evolution
- Will GPs really be connected with hospitals, allied health and aged care seamlessly at some point and if so what does that mean
- How do GPs fit into the virtual care space – the march of virtual care enabling PMS systems
- The evolution of finance management apps that attempt to address key issues of tax and payment flows
- The future of GP marketing and bookings systems
- The future of GP data; Who owns it, Who manages it, What is it for
Panel:
- Marcus Wilson, Founder and CEO Surgical Partners
- Dr Chris Irwin, Co-Founder of Consultnote.AI
- Charlotte Bradshaw, Founder and CEO Evrima Technologies
- Jayne Thompson, Head of Product MediRecords
- Jessica White, Head of Commercial & Government at Best Practice Software
Moderated by Jeremy Knibbs.
Strategies To Deliver Agency And Control Back To The GP In Building A Future For General Practice
12:00pm – 12:40pm
Panel:
- Dr Michael Wright, CMO Avant
- Associate Professor Louise Stone, ANU
- Dr Nicole Higgins, President RACGP
- Dr Rob Grenfell, Chief Strategy and Regions Officer Grampians Health
- Jay Rebbeck, Rebbeck Consulting
Conference Wrap
12:40pm – 1:00pm
Dr Darran Foo
Medical Director at Healthdirect Australia, Medical Advisor at VentureBlick, PhD Candidate in Health Innovation at Macquarie University
Dr Aaron Wong
GP, Clinical Consultant at HealthShare, Principal Investigator for clinical trials at KeyHealth
Dr Dan Wilson
President of the Rural Doctors Association Victoria, and Director of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and Sexual Health Victoria
Daniel McCabe
First Assistant Secretary - Medicare Benefits and Digital Health, Department of Health and Aged Care
Program, Content and Panelist Enquiries
Talia Meyerowitz-Katz: talia@medicalrepublic.com.au
Wendy John: wendy@healthservicesdaily.com.au
Partnership Opportunity Enquiries
Michelle O’Brien: michelle@wildhealth.net.au
Mantra on Salt Beach, Kingscliff, NSW
Address
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Getting Here
Overnight Stay Booking Information
Overnight Stay Booking Information
Delegates are offered a special 10% discount off best available rates at time of booking. Rooms are not being held for delegates so are subject to availability.
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Registration Enquiries
Program, Content and Panelist Enquiries
Talia Meyerowitz-Katz: talia@medicalrepublic.com.au
Wendy John: wendy@healthservicesdaily.com.au
Partnership Opportunity Enquiries
Michelle O’Brien: michelle@wildhealth.net.au
