Healthcare Financial Management Association

National Congress – Innovation: Revolutionizing

the Healthcare of Today, for the Evolution of

Tomorrow

Tech Lab Program

Mantra Lorne, Victoria

Wednesday 15th – Friday 17th November 2017

With the modern world evolving so quickly around us, and new revolutionary technology being incorporated into day to day life more frequently, we need to

develop an understanding and means of how we can grow alongside the new world healthcare. Healthcare is moving at a rapid pace, and there are many parts to play

under the surface, that if brought together and executed well, can lead to the innovation of truly sustainable and efficient healthcare.

Wednesday Concurrent (1)

Tech Hub

12:45pm – 1:45pm Lunch

Times: Duration:

Session One: Big Big Data –

What’s available, how to use it and what to ask of it?

Session Two: Digital Health – The

revolution and preparing for the

future

Session Three: Innovation in

Commercialization and Economics of Scale –

Learnings nationally and internationally

Session Four: National Funding –

The future

Room: Conference

Rooms 1 & 2 Room: Heritage

Ballroom Room: Conference Room 3 Room: Heritage Room

2

11:45am

30min

The RISK of big data in health care: The

renaissance of a good yarn, data vs. storytelling

Duane Attree

Chief Executive Officer Chappell Dean

ED / CEO Health Round Table VIC

Overview of National Digital health strategy and integration with the EMR: What can

you expect?

Digital Health Agency QLD

International Learnings – Commercialization and scale

Karen Schartman

Chief Financial Officer Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan United States

National Funds – Where is it going?

Lynton Norris

Chief Executive Officer National Funding

Administrator Commonwealth

ACT

12:15pm 30min

What the data shows

and the link to quality & cost

James Downie

Chief Executive Officer Independent Hospital

Pricing Authority NSW

The Big Leap, EMR Implementation –

Lessons learnt around the transformation

Andrew Whittingham Acting Chief Financial

Officer Royal Children’s

Hospital VIC

“Beyond rate bashing – How strategic procurement value

drivers can deliver sustainable outcomes”

Elaine Ko

Chief Executive Health Purchasing Victoria

ABF Costing – What it means at various

levels

Chris Jackson Manager, Decision

Support Royal Children’s

Hospital

Times Duration Room Session Topic Presenter

11:45am –

12:45pm 1hr Heritage 3

A case study with –

Why? How? And benefits of a rostering system

Alison Sinclair & Geoff Aikens

Allocate

Wednesday Concurrent (2)

Tech Hub

2:45pm – 3:15pm Afternoon Tea

Times: Duration:

Session One: Innovation,

technology and systems to drive

performance

Session Two: Building a culture to

foster innovation

Session Three: Budgeting and Forecasting –

International and national best practice

Session Four: Revenue Bench

Marking Best Practice – A national

perspective

Room: Heritage

Ballroom Room: Conference Room

3 Room: Conference Rooms 1

& 2 Room: Heritage Room 2

1:45pm 30min

A local BI tool now a State-wide initiative – Managing your patient

flow, manage your waitlist and manage

your efficiency

Professor Martin Connor Executive Director

Centre for Innovation – Griffith University

QLD

Mature Matrix in Finance – Building an innovative culture, working with the

business. Finance is more than numbers and

business cases.

Lucy Franzmann Chief Financial Officer

Peter Mac VIC

Dianna Ortisi

Manager Finance and Business

Austin Health VIC

International and National Best Practice in budgeting

and forecasting

Ernst and Young

The six key areas of opportunity Nationally

in Revenue

Paul Tridgell Consultant

NSW

2:15pm 30min

NSW – BI systems of today must support the

movement towards value

Neville Onley

Executive Director – Activity Based Management

Ministry NSW

Making Waves – Practical Implementation

of Innovation

Dr. AJ Purcell FCPA, Chief Auditor

CPA Australia VIC

Sponsored by CPA Australia

Budgets / Actuals / Forecasts – The three-ring

circus

Mark Lawrence Chief Financial Officer

Western Health VIC

The well is “not dry” the low hanging fruit still

exists today

Debbie Ruiz Revenue Manager

Western Health VIC

Times Duration Room Session Topic Presenter

1:45pm –

2:45pm 1hr Heritage 3

How you can MAXIMISE your Revenue from an Operating

and Novated Fleet

Peter Antoniazzi

Remunerator

Thursday Concurrent (1)

Tech Hub

12:00pm – 12:15pm - Break

Times: Duration:

Session One: Taking the Plunge –

Finance and engaging directly

with clinicians

Session Two: Building BI not just for data, but set up

to change performance and drive innovation –

A service approach

Session Three: 70% of your costs are

in people – Manage people costs, learn from the experts.

Session Four: Technology is the future of Revenue

Room:

Conference Room 1 & 2 Room:

Heritage Ballroom Room:

Conference Room 3 Room:

Heritage Room 2

11:00am 30min

UK – Our approach to engaging and curbing

costs

Lee Outhwaite Director of Finance Chesterfield Royale

Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust United Kingdom

BI Beyond the data to drive performance

Ian Moody

Executive Director Gold Coast Health QLD

Master your Payroll – Manage your costs

National Professional

Service Manager Frontier Software

The future of Revenue – Hand held technology

Stuart Pendrich

Revenue Alfred Health

11:30am 30min

NSW – Our new approach, taking the

next steps in engaging clinicians

Alfa D’Amato

Director of Activity Based Management NSW Health

NSW

Case Study: The learnings around

introducing BI

George Kapitelli Chief Financial Officer

Melbourne Health &

Liz Singleton Deputy Director of BI

Melbourne Health

Master your Rostering – Reduce your costs

Alison Sinclair

Manager Allocate Software

Building maturity for a growing health

services & establishing trust with

the clinicians

Times Duration Room Session Topic Presenter

11:00am

–

12:00pm

1hr Heritage 3 Using Data to Drive Pro-active Business Decision-making

with MAGIQ Performance Dashboards

Chris Urli

Performance Product

Specialist

MAGIQ

Thursday Concurrent (2)

Tech Hub

Times Duration Room Session Topic Presenter

12:15pm

–

1:15pm

1hr Heritage 3

A case study with Bairnsdale Regional Health

Service

How an integrated mobile enterprise solution

has delivered a holistic view of the business

and improved efficiency

Oliver Jarmen

Technology One

&

Nick Fordham

BRHS

Friday Concurrent – Master Classes

Times: Duration:

Session One: Commercial Lense – A different approach

to health finance

Session Two: Sustainable

Healthcare in Regional and Rural

Centers

Session Three: Revenue – Special

Interest Group

Session Four: Tendering and

Compliance

Room:

Conference Room 1 & 2 Room:

Conference Room 3 Room:

Heritage Room 2 Room:

Heritage Ballroom

12:15pm 30min

Commercial in public

A CEO’s perspective on sustainability – It takes a

team.

Terry Welch Chief Executive Officer Maryborough District

Health Service VIC

Revenue Understanding the Sector

Requirements

Round Table – The biggest issues, challenges and

opportunities for exploration

Vanessa Hicks

Chief Executive Officer HFMA Australia

Debbie Ruiz

Revenue Manager Western Health

Simplifying the tendering process but

maintaining compliance

Mark Lawrence Chief Financial Officer

Western Health VIC

12:45pm 30min

Commercial Lens.. the work the Business

Partners do to walk the line between Finance

and the Clinical Programs

Caroline Whitten

Alfred Health

Our approach at South West to sustainability

Andrew Trigg

Director of Finance South West Healthcare

VIC

Health service

purchasing policy requirements today &

moving forward

John Delinaoum Director, Finance, Risk

and Governance Health Purchasing

Victoria VIC

1:15pm – 2:15pm Lunch

Thursday Networking Activity 3-5pm

Followed by

Thursday Networking Dinner 7pm – Close

Friday Concurrent – Master Classes

Tech Hub – 1

Times Duration Room Session Topic Presenter

11:00am

–

12:30pm

1.5hr Heritage 3 Explore the CPA Journey

Jerry Andrews

National Sector Manager –

Health and Aged Care

CPA Australia

Tech Hub – 2

Times Duration Room Session Topic Presenter

11:00am

–

12:30pm

1.5hr Heritage 2 Analytics, Budgeting and Planning for Health with AtoBI,

Jedox and Qlik

Ben Mills

AtoBI

&

Oliver Bastard

Jedox

Times: Duration: Session One: The Future is Our People

Session Two: The Movement to Clinical

Engagement

Session Three: The Future is Change

Room: Main Conference Room

Room: Heritage Ballroom

Room: Heritage Dining Room

11:00am 45min Succession Planning – “Creating capacity in an

environment not structured for excess capacity.”

Brad Eisenhuth

Co-Founder The Outperformer

NSW

Sponsored by Sharp & Carter

What you should know.. the fundamentals

How you engage with a

clinical area to manage costs & increase revenue

Robert Porter

Director Bendigo Health

Emotional Intelligence

Understanding your team and yourself..

Sue Mckenzie

Founder Orange Coaching

Sponsored by Robert Half 11:45am 45min

Planning clinical engagement to ensure you understand the

requirements

Dominic Wilson-Ing Project Director

Promentor VIC