1 look, this is what we need and this is how we can do it 2 and everybody needs to put in. I'm not sure if that 3 answers your question, but if we can see what the need 4 is, then I think we have opportunity. 5 PROFESSOR CATFORD: Certainly, some of the earlier 6 presentations looked towards potentially some new 7 funded models, or pooling funds and so on, and if the 8 State were joined with the Commonwealth on this, that 9 could be very exciting. Would your PHN be happy, do 10 you think, to participate in those? 11 DR MAXFIELD: We'd certainly be happy to look at it. 12 Certainly the Federal Government is looking at other 13 models of service, and I think that's already been 14 alluded to. How do you pay for things differently 15 rather than just rewarding people for doing - in 16 consultation, as the Medicare system currently does, 17 how can we change that. 18 I think that part of our role will be to take our 19 private providers along for the discussion on that. 20 It's certainly asking them to do things differently, 21 but I think we've certainly got a core group out there 22 who, provided that they were engaged in the discussion 23 in the right way, would be amenable to looking at other 24 ways of achieving better health outcomes. 25 PROFESSOR CATFORD: So, innovation is very much part of the 26 work you want to do? 27 DR MAXFIELD: Certainly for us, and I think Gippsland 28 actually has a bit of a reputation for being prepared 29 to embrace those things. 30 PROFESSOR CATFORD: The Latrobe Valley is just one part of 31 your total patch. Could this cause tensions or
1 look, this is what we need and this is how we can do it 2 and everybody needs to put in. I'm not sure if that 3 answers your question, but if we can see what the need 4 is, then I think we have opportunity. 5 PROFESSOR CATFORD: Certainly, some of the earlier 6 presentations looked towards potentially some new 7 funded models, or pooling funds and so on, and if the 8 State were joined with the Commonwealth on this, that 9 could be very exciting. Would your PHN be happy, do 10 you think, to participate in those? 11 DR MAXFIELD: We'd certainly be happy to look at it. 12 Certainly the Federal Government is looking at other 13 models of service, and I think that's already been 14 alluded to. How do you pay for things differently 15 rather than just rewarding people for doing - in 16 consultation, as the Medicare system currently does, 17 how can we change that. 18 I think that part of our role will be to take our 19 private providers along for the discussion on that. 20 It's certainly asking them to do things differently, 21 but I think we've certainly got a core group out there 22 who, provided that they were engaged in the discussion 23 in the right way, would be amenable to looking at other 24 ways of achieving better health outcomes. 25 PROFESSOR CATFORD: So, innovation is very much part of the 26 work you want to do? 27 DR MAXFIELD: Certainly for us, and I think Gippsland 28 actually has a bit of a reputation for being prepared 29 to embrace those things. 30 PROFESSOR CATFORD: The Latrobe Valley is just one part of 31 your total patch. Could this cause tensions or
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