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Health reform: a new landscape ahead

Discussion in 'Australia' started by LuckyLisfranc, Mar 3, 2010.

  1. LuckyLisfranc

    LuckyLisfranc Well-Known Member


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    And so it finally begins...will we all have to work in GP superclinics?

     
  2. LuckyLisfranc

    LuckyLisfranc Well-Known Member

    Kevin Rudd's Better Health, Better Hospitals speech


     
  3. LuckyLisfranc

    LuckyLisfranc Well-Known Member

    This will be the big issue for general podiatry practice.

    What is the 'efficient price' of podiatry services? How would one calculate that? How will this pit public sector podiatrists against private providers? Where will community and hospital based podiatrists be placed in terms of infrastructure. Will there be an end to Medicare EPC/CDMP - or an expansion? Will it open up competetion in other foot-related medical services?

    Interesting months ahead....

    LL
     
  4. LuckyLisfranc

    LuckyLisfranc Well-Known Member

    Taken from Croakey:


     
  5. MrBen

    MrBen Active Member

    Sorry if i'm hijacking this thread but hopefully its related.
    I was at the SA podiatry conference in Adelaide today. At the end of the day a GP on the question panel remarked that the medical profession has recently had a 'Sports' specialty passed though parliament with full Medicare funding.
    I guess my problem with this is I really cant see how a sports specialty can exist without addressing bio-mechanics and as a result would this not effectively override the function that podiatry currently plays (treating biomechanic/sports/overuse injury)? Just feel this as a push towards establishing podiatrists as 'just toe nail cutters' as the AMA like to say.

    Please tell me i'm wrong
     
  6. LuckyLisfranc

    LuckyLisfranc Well-Known Member

    Mr Ben

    Sports physicians are a well established specialty group in the medical profession, and have been around for years and years.

    They not so long ago got approval for AMC accreditation towards a formal specialty in medicine (as opposed to a special interest group).

    Many people *do* biomechanics, to varying degrees of knowledge and skill.

    Hence why as different professions jostle against each other, it is important for podiatry to push itself on scope of practice as well.

    There is no copyright on human knowledge. Just rules and regulations to play under.

    LL
     
  7. MrBen

    MrBen Active Member

    Hi luckyLizFrank,

    I guess my main issue was relating to the comment about funding. The landscape can change significantly if one group is able to offer subsidised-free services.

    hopefully my post was an overreaction

    thanks for the reply
     
  8. LuckyLisfranc

    LuckyLisfranc Well-Known Member

    They have always had their services subsidised under Medicare.

    Its just the rate of rebate has increased following AMC accreditation.

    I think it is more likely that podiatry services will see better funding allocation in primary care, as organised medicine is already at this point. So if anything, they are the ones that fear increased competition (eg surgery, prescribing, wound care etc).

    LL
     
  9. Bug

    Bug Well-Known Member

    This will be interesting to see as in Vic, there is no "pitting" against each other. As the state with one of the largest Community Health Sectors, we just don't see the same clients. What comes in the door of CHS is very different to the door of a private practitioner. My conclusion (though may be misguided) is that in different states without or with limited CHS, those type of clients just stay within the GP system as the profile of what Podiatry can provide may be lower. There is a casemix formula (Steve Tucker is the guru with that one) but that is for the high risk foot.

    I'm a tad nervous about the change, only because I hope it isn't an exercise in robbing peter to pay paul. Vic has a decent CHS system, I know in our area it has a great care pathway from the high risk foot unit to CHS or the Paed rehab unit/paed ortho team to CHS. Likewise the system works well in that we can refer in and have someone admitted in the high risk foot unit in the same day or a child reviewed by a specialist with minimal or no GP input.

    I actually think down south we are faring pretty well. I hope this change is to lift everywhere up to the systems that are functioning well rather than dragging down to the lowest common denominator.
     
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