On 2 January 2018 the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Out-of-Pocket Costs was established to provide advice to the Minister on possible reforms covering:

• Best practice models for the transparency of in-hospital medical out-of-pocket costs, and associated medical services in the community;
• Legislation and regulatory barriers to consumer transparency of out-of-pocket medical costs;
• The implementation of best practice models; and
• Other related issues as directed by the Minister.

Media release “Expert committee to consider out-of-pocket medical costs”

Committee membership

Chair

Professor Brendan Murphy has been selected to chair the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Out-of-Pocket Costs.

Committee members

Committee members have been selected from the following organisations:

• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - Mr John Batten
• Australian Medical Association - Dr Andrew Miller
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - Professor Steve Robson
• Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists - Professor David Scott
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists - Associate Professor Mark Daniell
• Australian Orthopaedic Association - Dr Lawrie Malisano
• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand - Professor Mark Frydenberg
• Royal Australasian College of Physicians - Professor Christian Gericke
• Australian Private Hospitals Association - Dr Michael Coglin
• Catholic Health Australia (St John of God Health Care) - Ms Cathy Ryan
• Consumers Health Forum of Australia - Ms Jo Root
• Australian Health Service Alliance- Mr Andrew Sando
• nib - Mr Rhod McKensey
• Australian Society of Anaesthetists - Dr Mark Sinclair

Committee – Terms of Reference

The Terms of Reference guide the work of the Committee.

Communique

• 8 February 2018 – Ministerial Advisory Committee on Out-of-Pocket Costs
• 23 March 2018 – Ministerial Advisory Committee on Out-of-Pocket Costs