IHACPA Conference 2023

Brisbane, Australia + Virtual | 9 - 11 August 2023

Program

The program for IHACPA Conference 2023 is displayed below.

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

Wednesday 9 August 2023

Plaza Auditorium Foyer Registration Desk

Plaza Auditorium

Facilitators
Mireille Regan GommA/g Director, Analytics, IHACPA, Australia
Dominic TateSenior Lead, Classification Development Analytics, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza P6 - P8

Facilitators
Julia ConwayA/g Director, Hospital Policy, IHACPA, Australia
Cindy FengManager, Hospital Policy, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza P9

Facilitators
Iman MehdiDirector, Hospital Costing, IHACPA, Australia
Colin McCrowManager Activity Costing, HHS Funding and Costing Unit, Purchasing and Funding Branch, Queensland Health, Australia

Plaza P10 - P11

Facilitators
James ChenDirector, Aged Care Costing, IHACPA, Australia
Genevieve DonnellyExecutive Director, Aged Care Policy & Communications, IHACPA, Australia
Kees Van GoolExecutive Director, Pricing & Analytics, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Foyer

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker

Uncle Shannon Ruska

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Jennifer Williams AMDeputy Chair, Pricing Authority, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Blair Comley PSMSecretary, Department of Health and Aged Care, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Tom SymondsonChief Executive Officer, Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA), Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Jason SutherlandProfessor and Interim Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Canada

Plaza Foyer

Plaza Ballroom

Hospital

Speaker
Adam ColtzauPricing Authority, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care

Speaker
Stephen Judd AMDeputy Chair - Aged Care Pricing, Pricing Authority, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Hospital

Speaker
Rhonda KerrExecutive Director, Economics Health Services and Planning, Guidelines and Economists Network International (GENI), Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care

Speaker
Michael WoodsCentre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, UTS Business School, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Hospital

Speaker
Philip HaywoodHealth Economist and Physician, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Hospital

Speaker
Sarah NevilleHarkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Australia/USA

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care

Speaker
Lesley BryceAdvocate, Mentor and Founder, Bell Cares Inc, Australia

Plaza Foyer

Plaza Ballroom

Accounting for value in an ABF system

Speaker
Suchit Handa Director of Safety and Quality Improvement Systems, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care - Implementing ABF

Speaker
David CullenAdjunct Professor, Macquarie University Centre For The Health Economy, Australia

Plaza P6 - P8

Healthcare Classifications

Speaker
Susan ClaessenClassification Analyst, Acute Care Classifications, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Accounting for value in an ABF system

Speaker
Marie HallFounder, Clinical Documentation Services, Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care - Implementing ABF

Speakers
Jonathan LeeProject Manager, Aged Care Costing, IHACPA, Australia
Mia ShuiProject Manager, Aged Care Costing, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza P6 - P8

Healthcare Classifications

Speaker
Rosie OhlssonManager, Classifications, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Accounting for value in an ABF system

Speaker
Alisa HigginsSenior Research Fellow, Australian And New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care - Implementing ABF

Speaker
Myles CoverAssociate Director, KPMG, Australia

Plaza P6 - P8

Healthcare Classifications

Speaker
Kevin RatcliffeSenior Advisor Casemix, Tasmanian Department of Health, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Accounting for value in an ABF system

Speakers
Juan Paolo LegaspiDeputy CEO, Victorian Healthcare Association, Australia
Tarun BastiampillaiProfessor of Psychiatry, Flinders University, Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care - Implementing ABF

Speaker
Patrick PowerManaging Director, Powerhealth, Australia

Plaza P6 - P8

Healthcare Classifications

Speaker
Renée PorterManager, Classifications, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza P6- P8

Healthcare Classifications

Speaker
Anne ElsworthyDirector, Acute Care Classifications, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Foyer & Plaza Terrace

Thursday 10 August 2023

Plaza Auditorium Foyer Registration Desk

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker

Uncle Thomas Coghill

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Michael PervanChief Executive Officer, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
The Hon. Mark Butler MPMinister for Health and Aged Care, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Sarah NevilleHarkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Australia/USA
Michael PervanMichael Pervan, CEO, IHACPA, Australia
Kees Van GoolExecutive Director, Pricing and Analytics, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Jody CurrieProfessor of Practice, Indigenous Health, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Euan Wallace AMSecretary, VIC Department of Health, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker

Plaza Foyer

Plaza Ballroom

Data Driven ABF

Speaker
Anna Cohen Principal, Taylor Fry, Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care - Delivering Effective Funding

Speakers
Genevieve DonnellyExecutive Director, Aged Care Policy & Communications, IHACPA
Sophie FengA/g Manager, Aged Care Policy, IHACPA

Plaza P6 - P8

Value-Based Health Funding

Speaker
Henry CutlerDirector, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Data Driven ABF

Speaker
Andrew HaywoodExecutive Director, Funding Policy, Accountability And Data Insights, Victorian Department Of Health, Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care - Delivering Effective Funding

Speakers
Krittika KhotthongPh.D Student, Mahidol University, Thailand
Arthorn RiewpaiboonAssociate Professor, Mahidol University, Thailand

Plaza P6 - P8

Value-Based Health Funding

Speaker
Paul FennessyPrincipal, Paul Fennessy Advisory, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Data Driven ABF

Speaker
Stephen ColeDirector Finance Improvement Advisory, Telstra Health, Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care - Delivering Effective Funding

Speaker
Nicole SuttonSenior Lecturer, University Of Technology Sydney, Australia

Plaza P6 - P8

Value-Based Health Funding

Speaker
Kathryn AntiochChief Executive Officer, Guidelines and Economists Network International (GENI), Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Aged Care - Delivering Effective Funding

Speaker
Nelson MaSenior Lecturer, University Of Technology Sydney, Australia

Plaza P6 - P8

Value-Based Health Funding

Speaker
John PillaDirector, Health Funding Policy And Program Evaluation, Guidelines and Economists Network International (GENI), Australia

Plaza Foyer

Plaza P6 - P8

Facilitators
Julia ConwayA/g Director, Hospital Policy, IHACPA, Australia
Cindy FengManager, Hospital Policy, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Auditorium

Facilitators
Jada ChingTechnical Manager, Pricing Implementation, IHACPA, Australia
Sam WebsterDirector, Pricing Development, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza P10 - P11

Facilitators
Anne ElsworthyDirector, Acute Care Classifications, IHACPA, Australia
Joanne FitzgeraldExecutive Director, Hospital Policy & Classifications, IHACPA, Australia
Laura HarrisDirector, Classifications, Australia
Dominic TateSenior Lead, Classification Development Analytics, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza P9

Facilitators
Peter DerrettDirector, Aged Care Policy Accommodation, IHACPA, Australia
Geneveive DonnellyExecutive Director, Aged Care Policy & Communications, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Foyer

Plaza Auditorium

Panellists
Henry CutlerCentre Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Australia
Stephen DuckettHonorary, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Australia
Sarah NevilleHarkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Australia/USA
Michael PervanChief Executive Officer, IHACPA, Australia
Michael WoodsProfessor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Facilitator
James O'LoghlinConference Host

Plaza P6 - P8

Panellists
Petra Došenović BončaHealth Economist Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Kristiina KahurChief Executive Officer, Nordic Casemix Centre, Finland
Mark O'ConnorHead of Costing, Healthcare Pricing Office, Ireland
Jugna ShahPresident, Nimitt Consulting Inc, USA
Facilitators
Deniza MazevskaPresident, Patient Classification Systems International (PCSI), Australia
Jim PearseDirector, Health Policy Analysis, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Peter RowsthornDinner Host

Friday 11 August 2023

Plaza Auditorium Foyer Registration Desk

Plaza Foyer

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker

Uncle Shannon Ruska

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Alasdair MacDonaldChair, Clinical Advisory Committee, IHACPA, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
The Hon. Anika Wells MPMinister for Aged Care, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Ian YatesInterim Inspector-General of Aged Care, Australia

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
Dinesh Palipana OAMDoctor, Gold Coast Hospital, Australia

Plaza Foyer

Plaza Ballroom

Aged Care

Panellists
Janet AndersonAged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner, Australia
Thea ConnollyFirst Assistant Secretary, Department of Health, Australia
Michael PervanChief Executive Officer, IHACPA, Australia
Ian YatesInterim Inspector General of Aged Care, Australia
Facilitator

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker
David O'ToolePresident & Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Canada

Plaza Ballroom

Speaker

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