Role
The Strengthening Medicare Implementation Oversight Committee (IOC) is part of governance arrangements to oversee the implementation of Strengthening Medicare reforms. It is an overarching advisory body comprising senior leaders and representatives from across the healthcare sector. It considers and provides us with strategic advice on the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Strengthening Medicare measures.
A range of existing and newly established committees and reviews will report to and/or inform the work of the IOC.
See the committee’s terms of reference.
Members
IOC membership includes representatives from providers, states and territories, consumers, health leaders and experts from the academic sector.
| Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
Deputy Secretary, Primary and Community Care Deputy Secretary, Health Resourcing (Co-chairs) | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care |
| Professor Jenny May AM | Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner |
| Dr Danielle McMullen | Australian Medical Association (AMA) |
| Dr Nicole Higgins | Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) |
| Dr Dan Halliday | Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) |
| Dr Ben Dodds | Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) |
| Ms Bronwyn Morris-Donovan | Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) |
| Ms Annie Butler | Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) |
| Ms Leanne Boase | Australian College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) |
| Dr Dawn Casey | National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) |
| Ms Miranda Grace | Australian Association of Practice Management (AAPM) |
| Ms Learne Durrington | Primary Health Networks |
| Dr Walid Jammal | Independent Advisor (GP) |
| Dr Steve Hambleton | Independent Advisor (GP) |
| Prof Anthony Scott | Independent Academic economist (Monash) |
| Ms Bettina McMahon | Healthdirect Australia |
| Dr Dale Webster (Tasmania) | State & Territory Health representatives (small) |
| Ms Louise Galloway (Victoria) | State & Territory Health representatives (large) |
| Ms Donna Burns | Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) |
| Dr Elizabeth Deveny | Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) |
| Ms Mary Ann Baquero Geronimo | Australian Multicultural Health Collaborative |
| Ms Nicky Bath | LGBTIQPlus Health Australia |
| Mr Giancarlo de Vera | People with Disability Australia (PWD) |
| Ms Cassandra Nest | First Nations Health consumer representative, Health Consumers Queensland (HCQ) |
| Dr Ali Drummond | Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) |
| Ms Helen White | Australian College of Midwives (ACM) |
| Mr Scott Willis | Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) |
| Ms Fei Sim | Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) |
| Ms Karen Booth | Australian Primary Healthcare Nurses Association (APNA) |
| Ms Patricia Sparrow | COTA Australia |
Meetings
The committee will meet at least 2 times per year.
Communiques
See our collection of IOC communiques to read about the work of the committee.
Strengthening Medicare Implementation Oversight Committee – Communiques
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