Ausdocs GP Consulting

Set Up – (Based on 3 doctors and 6 staff).

• Creating staff contracts
• Setting Staff Awards
• Annual subscription to employment services covering phone/email support, rates of pay/awards updates, fact sheets and templates
• Staff interviews and recruitment – basic level
• Set up of Practice Software – Best Practice software
  • Set up, implementation and clinical training with the Doctors and management training with staff. Note – some aspects of set up and software training will be provided by Best Practice.
• Medicare Set ups – arranging Doctor provider numbers, bank account set ups, SIP, NASH Certificate, PKI, Tyro, Hicaps
• Policy and Procedure Manuals
• Arrange Utilities, internet, telephone, vaccine fridge phone lines
• Supplier list
• Supplier discounts where applicable
• Basic Website set up
• Business Plan Development
• Account Software Ledger Setup (Xero), wages setup, bank feeds
• Six month financial forecasting and budget
• IT Set Up with IT provider

Package Cost: $18,500 + GST and travel costs.

Travel Costs: 5 days onsite – flights, accommodation, meals, transport and other sundry expenses.

The Premium Package consists of the Gold Package plus the following additional services:

• Marketing Plan
• Staff interviews and recruitment – additional interviews and follow up
• Consulting on Fit-Out

Package Cost: $27,500 + GST and travel costs.

Travel Costs: 5 days onsite – flights, accommodation, meals, transport and other sundry expenses.

• Initial face to face meeting, then face to face every 6 months (or 3 months if desired by Practice for additional fee)
• Fortnightly meeting (1.5 hours) via Zoom or telephone with Practice Manager (PM) to discuss any areas of issues that they may need advice. These meetings to also include agreed areas of training for the PM identified at initial face to face meeting or subsequent fortnightly meetings. For example: education on staff appraisals, policy and procedures, staff issues, education opportunities for staff, education programs, improve benchmarking reports etc.
• Monthly benchmarking review of fees, outstanding accounts, wages
• Monthly newsletter advising of Medicare updates, Award increases, RACGP / PHN workshops in that catchment area etc.

Package Cost: Initial face to face fee for onsite day workshop of $750+GST thereafter $750 + GST per month.

Travel Costs: To cover travel costs for face to face meetings – flights, accommodation, meals, transport and other sundry expenses.

A wide range of additional services can be provided on a one off or regular basis as determined by the Practice and are available to the Owners of the Practice and/or the Practice Manager. Contact us for a complete list of available services.

Examples of additional services include:

• "Snap Shot" reports to the owners covering key performance measures
• Staff contracts preparation and review
• Financial Management Reviews
• Human Resource Review
• IT Systems, Security and Business Interruption Plans
• Six monthly group pricing policy reviews
• Oversee Annual Benchmarking
• Six monthly patient fees reviews

Cost: An hourly fee of $150 per hour. Discounts available for extended consulting services.

This package is offered remotely however if conducted onsite travel costs are additional.