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Your Private Medical Condition Exposed?! A $20 solution! Did you know the Government will pay cash to your GP for your personal medical records without having to ask you?! This is now legal. Your local GP could lose up to $50,000 each year if they do not comply. Did you know over 60 Government agencies want access to your medical records without a search warrant? How do you feel about this? We have a simple solution. Would you pay a small fee to stop Government access to your medical records? Have your say - join our national poll!

Got a spare appointment Doc? New immunisation law - no jab no pay from 1 January 2016 plus more! The financial incentive to immunise your children is on. It may improve your health and wealth. At Health & Life, we always believe in empowering patients to have freedom of choice through education. This is a personal family decision that you should discuss with your GP. If your child does not undergo a Health Check, your family tax payment benefit could be affected.

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Audit Blitz! Risk a $54,000 fine?! Practices, owners and managers risk a fine of up to $54,000 per breach. Paying above the Award does not guarantee you are safe. Fair Work Australia are randomly calling practice staff without the practice manager’s or owner’s knowledge to see if they are being correctly paid. Their approach is disconcerting and we have given appropriate feedback. Our concern is that it may make practice staff feel their employer is underpaying them. We suggested direct email, or letter would be a better and more discreet approach.

This is part of a new “national awareness campaign” that could lead to an expensive and disruptive audit that could hurt morale. We reveal what they are looking for and their new tools to help you. These tools and our website provides further information on how you can avoid accidentally creating an unnecessarily bigger problem for the Practice.

New Pathology Pain: Warning for GP Practices: There is a price for certainty! Practices are on notice. In December 2015, the Senate proposed dramatic changes to reduce patient pathology and radiology rebates. These were announced by the Government late last year. We advise that our pathology and radiology related clients that these changes in government policy may result in early pathology lease termination clauses based on “uneconomic” or “unviable” arrangements. An uneconomic or commerciality viability clause really means that a private pathology collection centre can terminate with 90 days or less notice if the lease is found to be not commercially viable. Many practices have one of these arrangements and clauses in place.

New laws when employing a health professional: Practices must do a background check! Be aware of the Australian Health Provider Regulation Agency (AHPRA) laws in relation to hiring a health professional. For the benefit of your practice, it is important you do the relevant background checks and make them a standard part of your recruitment process when employing staff or arranging new contracts with contractors or associates.

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Do you use standard contracts/agreements in your practice? Are they legally binding? New ACCC Law 2016 This new “standard form” law is designed to protect smaller parties such as contractors, employees and suppliers from unfair contract terms and conditions. If there is a breach, this term or agreement may not be legally enforceable. “A standard form contract is one that has been prepared by one party to the contract and where the other party has little or no opportunity to negotiate the terms – that is, it is offered on a ‘take it or leave it’ basis”. This may affect your employment contracts or contracts with doctors and allied health. We have a solution.

General Practice Business Model is Dead? A New Killing Season?! How are you feeling with recent national headlines like these? 1.GP Business Model Off the Rails! 2.The Biggest Threat to GP’s 3.Small or solo practices won’t cut it: Professor Hickie Recently it is becoming rare to get up in the morning and read something positive about your local general family practice. We do not subscribe to the ‘do nothing’ or ‘leave it to someone else’ approach. There are many practices thriving in this period of change and for some, the current climate presents more opportunities than problems.

Why are new GP's terrified of Practice Ownership? The fear factor...! Trainee GP's unnecessarily fear practice ownership. This is usually due to their of not understanding the real opportunities in owning a practice. There are quite of number of excellent reason to own a practice. They can provide more financial freedom, tax and asset protection friendly. Why continue to eat what you kill when you could earn while you sleep?

Sadly, many practice owners themselves do not understand this opportunity. Accordingly, their practices are not succession planning ready. Succession planning is a 3 to 5 year process and not an event. There is a right way and a wrong way to run your practice for optimal growth and practice value. A well

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structured and disciplined practice delivers amazing opportunities for the current and next generation.

Poverty breeds ill health and ill health breeds poverty! A new beginning… The Biggest Losers? – Dr Norman Swan and Mr David Dahm announce a new 2016 national media collaborative aimed at increasing the awareness of the importance of financial literacy and health literacy to provide quality health care for patients. We were humbled to be approached about this exciting initiative. Dr Norman Swan is a celebrity doctor on Chanel 10’s The Biggest loser. He is also the founder of patient waiting room TV service, Tonic Health Media (THM). Dr Norman Swan currently has 8 million patient viewers per month and has been awarded the prestigious Walkley Award 3 times for journalism in healthcare, including revealing scientific fraud. He is Head of ABC Radio National’s The Health Report and ABC’s Tonic program.

2016 New National Seminar Dates …. We are pleased to announce the first of a series of practice seminars for 2016. The first is in Victoria in February 2016 with the PHN East Melbourne called “Contracts, Staff and KPI’s”. In April 2016, David Dahm has been invited to Sydney to speak with Australian of the Year Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo.

2016 National Goodwill Tour The Tour continues... After an extremely successful 2015 series, we are pleased to announce a new 2016 series starting in Vic and then NSW.

If you would like us to present a compelling series based on real life, proven cases on improving practice performance, doctor, dental , allied health and staff contracts, successful practice models and succession planning at your next Practice Manager Meeting or Conference anywhere in Australia let your

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Primary Healthcare Network, Australian Association of Practice Managers, or local medical, dental or healthcare association ask them to email David Dahm at pa@healthandlife.com.au or call us on 1800 077 222

We can also organise a free no obligation review of your structures and arrangements and a catch up when we present at your local area. Just email David Dahm at pa@healthandlife.com.au or call us on 1800 077 222.

New Health and Life Uber (Virtual) buying group: Knowledge can save you! New service: Uber buying group – the price of certainty? How to keep practice costs down.

We live in an “Uber” world of hyper competition. This month, we announce a new opportunity for both practices and suppliers. We want to assist in building relationships based on trust between practices and suppliers, make life easier and beneficial for both.

Do you have empty consulting rooms or appointment slots? Free GP and Allied Health Recruitment Service 23 New Exciting Positions nationally availableGP with or without view to ownership - Offering up to 70% depending on private billing. Urban or rural areas anywhere in Australia. Now recruiting from the UK. In our current issue, our feature a practice the Richmond Health Clinic in SA. This is a new, no obligation and free getting connected service that we are offering to our Health & Life clients and any interested doctors.

Congratulations: More clients making the RACGP National Awards! Littlehampton Medical Centre and Inglis Medical Centre

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Congratulations to Littlehampton Medical Centre and Inglis Medical Centre. They both feature in the latest national RACGP (Royal College of General Practice) magazine. Each year, the RACGP recognises practices for their approach to their patient’s health and wellbeing.

The award criteria takes into account a number of factors, including services offered to patients, health promotion initiatives in place, provision of high-quality care to patients and involvement in general practice training.

An Entrepreneur’s Story: Money Does not buy happiness! Find out why David started Health and Life David Dahm talking with Adelaide University students about career choices in life.

David Dahm agreed to this interview about to help students decide what the right career decision may be for them. Have you ever wondered what David’s motivation may be for his passionate involvement in the health care system? Look no further than this true story about how David started Health & Life and some of the ups and downs of his experience. We hope you like it and share with your children. This is for them.

Chatting with the Federal Health Minister…. Find out what caused the look...! Guess who? The Honourable Federal Health Minister Susan Ley! So what is your caption for this photo?

Chatting with the Foreign Minister... it was a busy year!

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Find out what matters the most to every Australian! Another day and another catch up? David with the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so what were we talking about?

Need a FREE and discreet second opinion? Want to know how other practices do it? Our clients have reported excellent feedback on our new services, which provide ideas on how to implement changes to your practice strategy. These changes will assist your practice to maximise its potential in the context of current big picture national changes.

We can offer a free review of your strategy, structures and arrangements at no obligation: just email David Dahm at pa@healthandlife.com.au. If you are still not sure read on at http://thebusinessofhealthcare.com.au/2015/05/12/why-restructure/

Many of our clients have taken advantage our new and free quarterly national feedback and mentoring program for our accounting clients*. You can now tap into over 23 years of national experience and advice, as well as our curated data on the 1,200 practices we have assisted over this time. We can help you to answer your most difficult questions, and provide insight into any opportunities or possibilities that you may have on your mind.

Less pain if you restructure practice now! 5 simple reasons why you should restructure your practice today! So you can organically grow, make your practice succession-planning friendly, family friendly, tax friendly, asset protection friendly and investment friendly.

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Setting up new business structures, systems and training takes time. The immediate cost benefits of restructuring will take effect as soon as they are implemented. Contact us now if you are serious about restructuring your practice.

Health and Life's 2016 Employment Template Kit (updated) including the new GP Registrar minimum terms and conditions. This Fair Work friendly tested employment package has letter of offer and job description templates. This includes the new 2015 GP Registrar employment terms and conditions and the new 2016 ACCC standard contract laws.

Clients report this has significantly reduced costs, disputes and potential fines of up to $54,000 per breach for non-compliance. Free upgrades are available to practices that have bought our kit in the last 12 months. A small upgrade fee applies to clients who have purchased a copy greater than 12 months ago.

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Pro bono: we would like to promote those organisations that have provided or currently provide pro bono support to us.

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Health and Life is always working in the community see our photo gallery for the latest. You may spot somebody you know. It could be you! Click here for more photos

Where to from here? Consult your professional adviser in relation to any advice suggested or contact us at 1800 077 222 or email pa@healthandlife.com.au to David Dahm CEO & Founder of Health and Life for a confidential free and no obligation chat.

If you require, visit our Archives If you are not sure about any issues raised in this broadcast, contact our CEO & Founder David Dahm on 1800 077 222 for an initial, no obligation consult or email us at pa@healthandlife.com.au. Health and Life provides comprehensive Practice consulting, accounting, taxation and financial planning advice for group practices and individuals. Email us for information about our Employment Template Kit for providers and support staff and our Doctors Pay Calculator.

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