Health Insurance Summit

The highly successful 10th Annual Health Insurance Summit 2011 focused on the current political and economic challenges after COAG 2011 and the May 2011 budget, plus: future trends of health insurance in Australia and how medical innovation and technology will shift the way the current healthcare industry operates; affordability concerns of private health insurance in a world of rising costs and how integrating information across the healthcare continuum will directly impact health insurance; the need to improve hospital and health services through the private sector to increase quality outcomes and alleviate pressure, off an over burdened current healthcare system.

We had the chance to speak with Katherine McGrath, CEO of the Australian Association of Pathology Practices, who spoke at Informa's Health Insurance Summit 2011 in Sydney.

We had the chance to speak with Robyn Batten, Executive Director of Blue Care, who spoke at Informa's Health Insurance Summit 2011 in Sydney.

We had the chance to speak with Phillip Shepherd, CEO for MediSecure, who spoke at Informa's Health Insurance Summit 2011 in Sydney.

We had the opportunity to speak with Terry Barnes, Principal of Cormorant Policy Advice and Former Senior Policy Advisor to Michael Woodridge and Tony Abbott, who is speaking at the 10th Annual Health Insurance Summit on the 26th and 27th Of July in Sydney.

Mark Fitzgibbon, CEO and Managing Director of nib health funds limited, spoke to us about upcoming mergers and acquisitions in the industry, his thoughts on the future of dental health in Australia following the NHHRC's Denticare scheme proposal, and his upcoming presentation to the Health Insurance Summit.

The 8th Annual Health Insurance Summit 2009 was held in the Sydney Harbour Marriott this year and attended by over 100 delegates from the public and private health insurance sector.

Dr Paul Gross spoke about world recession and government reform: implications for new medical technology and healthcare finance at the 8th Annual Health Insurance Summit 2009 in Sydney.

The Hon Peter Dutton MP spoke about health reform from the Opposition's perspective at the 8th Annual Health Insurance Summit 2009 in Sydney.

Ron Wilson spoke about the survival of small health funds in a consolidating market at the 8th Annual Health Insurance Summit 2009 in Sydney.