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Transition to Private Billing

Transition to Private Billing

Presented by: AGPA

Speakers:

Dr Trish Baker, Dr Bernard Shiu, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, and Dr Richard Barker

Tuesday 9 August 2022

 

Since 2010 health costs have increased at about 5% per year. MBS funding has increased by about 0.5%. This has put significant pressure on Practice viability.

Many Practices that were traditionally bulk billing or mixed billing Practices have started or are considering moving away from their previous billing model.  We  asked four Practice owners to participate in a panel discussion to discuss how they approached the key components of the transition.

  • Conversations with/ information for patients
  • Conversations with and information and support for contract GPs
  • Support for reception staff and practice managers
  • Support for practice nurses and allied health team members

The webinar was recorded, with a link available here

Meet the Candidates 2022

The candidates:

Dr Julian Fidge

Dr Charlotte Hespe

Dr Nicole Higgins

Dr Chris Irwin

Professor Brad Murphy

Dr Chris Ogonowski

Dr Kate Wylie

Primary health care in Australia is led by Practice Principals who work in the Practices they own, providing clinical leadership and facilities to deliver a high quality, community based, primary healthcare system.

The RACGP council elections will take place in September 2022.

The College has significant influence on government policy regarding General Practice and therefore its policies impact on General Practice Principals as the owners of the practices.

The 2022 candidates for President of the RACGP were invited to address an AGPA forum so that GPs and Practice Principals can hear their views on matters which impact on General Practice.

View webinar recording here

Innovative Income Streams for GP – Webinar Video

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AGPA Webinar – Thomas & Naaz: An Update on Payroll Tax

Webinar

Tuesday 26 October 2021, 8:00pm AEDT

7:00 pm Queensland, 7:30 pm SA, 5:00 pm WA

AGPA Webinar

Thomas & Naaz: An Update on Payroll Tax

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AGPA Webinar: Innovative Income Streams for GP

 

Webinar

Tuesday 12 October 2021, 8:00pm AEDT

7:00 pm Queensland, 7:30 pm SA, 5:00 pm WA

AGPA Webinar
Innovative Income Streams for GP

Speakers:
Dr Maria Boulton, Dr Bernard Shiu, Dr Jared Dart

General Practices are usually small businesses which need to be sustainable if they are going to continue to provide the foundation for primary health care in Australia.
General Practice incomes have been under pressure for many years with MBS payments frozen under successive governments and are now significantly lower than they would otherwise have been. This has impacted both bulk billing and mixed billing practices. At the same time other “traditional” sources of alternate income such as rental space for pathology collection centres also been under pressure.
The pandemic has forced Practices to find new ways to operate including the move to telehealth and the subsequent pressure to move this into video consultation.  These changes have brought increased costs without necessarily improving revenue.

This webinar will discuss options and ideas for extending income sources for General Practice. The speakers are all Practice Principals whose businesses are under the same pressures as other General Practices in Australia. They have developed new and innovative sources of income while maintaining the high quality of Primary Care that Australians expect.

Bookings via TryBooking

https://www.trybooking.com/BUGJQ

Places will be limited, preference will be given to AGPA members.

For further information contact the AGPA Secretariat

Download flyer here

Avant mutual Q&A Session: COVID-19 The changing landscape

Avant mutual will hold an online discussion about the changing vaccine landscape, addressing the issues you and your practice may face during the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Online urology symposium

Saturday 14 November 2020.

The Department of Urology and University of Melbourne Department of Surgery and the Austin Hospital will host a virtual symposium on Saturday 14 November 2020 from 8am to 2.45pm. The symposium is titled: Urology issues for GPs and practice nurses.

The registration page is here: https://bit.ly/38bXPnL Registration is free.

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Meet the Candidates

On 6 August the Australian GP Alliance conducted a webinar to allow the candidates for the Presidency of the RACGP to address issues of interest to Practice Principals.

The candidates:
Dr John Buckley
Dr Charlotte Hespe
Dr Chris Irwin
Dr Karen Price
Dr Ayman Shenouda
Dr Magdalena Simonis

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