From the CEO’s Desk

  • Andrea Gall
  • February 22, 2023

The joint 20th IFHIMA Congress and 40th National HIMAA Conference registration is now open. Please go to https://ifhimacongress2023.com.au/ to view the Draft Program as well as the partnership prospectus.

Confirmed speakers include:

Dr Stephen Duckett is a health economist and an Honorary Enterprise Professor in the School of Population and Global Health and in the Department of General Practice at the University of Melbourne. He was responsible for the design and implementation of activity-based funding in Victoria, Australia in 1993 and subsequently was a consultant to Australia’s Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the design of activity-based funding Australia-wide. Dr Duckett has held top health sector leadership positions in Australia and Canada and is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

Rob Heferen was appointed to the position of AIHW Chief Executive Officer, commencing in July 2021.

Prior to this, Mr Heferen was Deputy Secretary Higher Education, Research and International in the Department of Education, Skills and Employment. He has also served as Deputy Secretary, Energy at the Department of the Environment and Energy and had responsibility for energy policy including electricity and gas markets, and fuel security. Mr Heferen was also Australia’s representative on the International Energy Agency’s Governing Board.

Professor Michael Kidd AM is Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Principal Medical Advisor with the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, where he is leading Australia’s national primary care response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also has appointment as the foundation Professor of Primary Care Reform at The Australian National University. He is a general practitioner, a past president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, a past president of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), and a past Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University.

Jason Trethowan commenced as CEO of Headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation in January 2017. Since then he has overseen an expansion of the headspace network of digital services for young people, school-based programs, and an ongoing commitment to 164 Headspace centres nationally. With strengthened community and government support for Headspace, Jason understands the importance of embedding and integrating national models of service delivery in communities to ensure all young people across Australia can benefit from Headspace services in the areas of mental health, general health, work and study, and alcohol and other drugs.

Jason is also a Board Director of Barwon Health and Gforce Employment Solutions, and has achieved qualifications in Health Information Management, Health Informatics, and a Master’s in Business Administration.

Dr Stephen Duckett
Jason Trethowan
Professor Michael Kidd AM
Rob Heferen

Take advantage of the Early Bird offer which will close 29 July 2023. Please kindly note there will be no extension to this date. There is a lot of anticipation for this event and we are getting early enquiries for sponsorship and registration so don’t miss out on your opportunity to attend an international event! Members can register through the HIMAA member portal to register at member discount. I encourage you to review your member profile and update as appropriate.

It’s business as usual in the HIMAA National office. Intake for HLT50321 Diploma of Clinical Coding is now open until 25 March 2023. Information about HIMAA courses and enrolment dates can be found at https://www.himaa.org.au/education-services/

Unfortunately we have been informed of organisations who have claimed their course is endorsed or accredited by HIMAA in attracting students. If you sight any suspicious claim, please feel free to alert us.

We are excited to launch the Emerging Professionals Community of Practice with Samara El-Youssef and Gowri Sriraman as Convenors. We are looking forward to supporting HIM/Clinical Coding students and new graduates in navigating into this great profession. I look forward to our members’ support with this CoP.

Look out for member consultation opportunities on our social media posts on LinkedIn and Facebook for HIMAA issues or government bodies such as Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. It is essential that we add our voice to the development of the profession and/or health related matters.

As usual, please feel free to reach out to me to chat.

Jae Redden
Chief Executive Officer
ceo@himaa.org.au

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