AACMA Newsletter - 31 May 2024
31 May 2024
This Issue:
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News from the AACMA Board
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AACMAC 2024: the Biggest Chinese Medicine Conference Centre in the Southern Hemisphere
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AACMA is Supporting this Initiative of Fairer Registration Fees for Registered Practitioners on Parental Leave
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Learn Tips for Patient Management: Last Chance to Attend Live!
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Cyber Wardens: Upskill in Cyber Security to Protect Your Business
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National Allied Health Workforce Strategy (the Strategy)
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Moving or Adding a New Clinic?
News from the AACMA Board
The 46th Annual General Meeting was held on Sunday May 26th.
The main points from the meeting:
- AACMA is in a solid financial position
- The AACMA website is finally progressing with the Research Centre much more user friendly improving the search function and an exciting, new feature which is a Community member platform for networking, linking with other members, sharing of information such as treatments, collaboration on research, discussion of professional issues etc
- Medicare and the Chronic Disease management - lobbying government. AACMA commissioned KPMG to produce an economic report on the Chinese medicine industry in Australia. The final report “Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry in Australia an Industry Economic Value Report” was completed and was submitted to Treasurer Jim Chalmers before the budget and also:
- Anthony Albanese - Prime Minister
- Mark Butler - Health Minister
- Katy Gallagher - Finance Minister
- Anika Wells - Aged Care Minister
- Peter Dutton - Opposition leader
- David Littleproud - Nationals Leader
- Adam Bandt - Greens Leader
- Jordon Steele - John Greens health spokesperson
- Julie Collins - Small Business Minister
- Monique Ryan - Independent (Teals)
- Angus Taylor - Shadow Treasurer
- Anne Ruston - Shadow Health
The responses received so far have been positive. Members will be kept informed on any further developments.
- The announcement of the Board election saw Yufan Zhou (Eva) elected to the Board.
- Richard Li, Past AACMA President and long serving Board member left the Board after several years of service.
We welcome Eva to the Board and offer grateful thanks to Richard Li for his long service and contribution to AACMA and the profession.
AACMAC 2024: the Biggest Chinese Medicine Conference Centre in the Southern Hemisphere
Prof Huang Huang, Dr Poney Chiang and Matthew Bauer, Founder and President of the Acupuncture Now Foundation are the keynote speakers for this year’s conference which has been getting attention around the world with increased registrations of overseas practitioners attending online.
AACMAC 2024 promises another great lineup of speakers who will present on a huge variety of topics that will increase your theoretical knowledge and enhance your clinical practice and patient treatment outcomes.
The venue is the Pullman King George Square situated right in the middle of Brisbane city and AACMA has negotiated special room rates for conference delegates - Find out more.
The 3 day in person attendance ticket includes the conference dinner- 3 course meal, drinks, music with a live band and the second Hall of Fame awards.
Too busy to attend in person? Attend the event live streamed giving you the whole program in your own home.
Get your complete CPD for the year at AACMAC 2024!
AACMA is Supporting this Initiative of Fairer Registration Fees for Registered Practitioners on Parental Leave
The call for fair and equitable registration fees gathers momentum!
Our petition calling for fair and equitable registration fees for healthcare workers has reached 1300+ signatures – together our advocacy is gaining ground. Ahpra and the 15 National Boards don't currently lower fees or provide any proper mechanism or registration fee category to assist healthcare workers who take parental leave. This affects over 877,000 Australian healthcare workers, who are a diverse and predominantly female workforce.
Support our call for Ahpra to revise its fee setting approach by supporting the petition at http://megaphone.org.au/p/ahpra - sign it and share with your friends and colleagues – together we can improve equity in healthcare.
Learn Tips for Patient Management: Last Chance to Attend Live!
Next Wednesday June 5th, we will have a webinar with Stephen Janz to look at patient management issues and get tips to build confidence in your treatments. Final days to book and join the live event!
As the third seminar in Stephen’s ‘Practice Essentials’ webinar series, it will move beyond business basics and compliance to managing patients. The best business plan is not much good if it is let down by difficulty retaining clients.
This seminar discusses strategies learnt and used successfully over 35 years of practice to engage and retain clients and build a referral base for practice growth. Stephen will also share some of his insights from his recent studies in artificial intelligence and how it can be used to support practice.
Topics covered include:
- Turbocharge your appointment: Non-Specific Effects of Treatment
- Building confidence by using a treatment plan
- How to become an expert
- Supporting compliance and building confidence with patient resources
- Disruptive clients – when to say goodbye.
- Using AI to support practice.
Topic: Tips for Patient Management
Presenter: Stephen Janz
Date and time: 7-8pm (AEST), Wednesday 5 June 2024
Tickets: AACMA Member $25, Student Member FREE, Non Member $50
CPD: 1 point (professional issues)
WHY NOT LEARN MORE AND SAVE MORE?
Every seminar in the ‘Practice Essentials’ series is irreplaceably important for a healthful practice. Therefore, we offer a Bundle Deal for all 4 x 1-hour webinars in the series.
Bundle price: AACMA Member $85, Student Member FREE, Non Member $170
CPD: 4 professional issues points in total, 1 point per webinar
Recording: Anyone who purchases the series bundle - All past seminar/s in the series will be shared with you in the recording format. You are not missing out!
Topics:
- Seminar 1 'Starting a Business' - Wednesday 3 April 2024 (Completed)
- Seminar 2 'Keeping out of Trouble: Complying with Policies' - Wednesday 24 April 2024 (Completed)
- Seminar 3 'Tips for Patient Management' - Wednesday 5 June 2024
- Seminar 4 'Forum on Business and Patient Management Issues' – Wednesday 26 June 2024
Cyber Wardens: Upskill in Cyber Security to Protect Your Business
Did you know that 43% of cyber attacks target small businesses? And that a single attack can cost you an average of $46,000?
AACMA is excited to partner with Cyber Wardens, a free online learning program designed to simplify cyber security for your small business.
Funded by the Australian government, the program is self-paced and quick to complete. It only takes 2 minutes to enrol and start your journey towards safeguarding your small business against scams and cyber threats.
You don’t need to be an IT whiz or tech-savvy - the course is jargon-free and focused on providing you with quick wins you can implement to protect your business today.
What’s more, when you complete the quick and free Cyber Wardens course by 30 June 2024, you automatically go in the draw to win a $1,000 e-gift card*
Now’s the time to prioritise cyber safety and protect your business against digital break-ins.
Cyber Wardens is an initiative of the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA), funded by the Australian government and backed by an industry alliance of Telstra and CommBank.
*Terms and conditions apply.
National Allied Health Workforce Strategy (the Strategy)
From the Office of the Chief Allied Health Officer
The Australian Government is working with state and territory governments to develop a National Allied Health Workforce Strategy (the Strategy), as recommended in the Independent review of Australia’s regulatory settings relating to overseas health practitioners Final Report. The Strategy will facilitate future workforce planning and support effective multi-disciplinary workforce models and integrated care, while acknowledging and embedding other major cross cutting health reforms within it.
As part of the Strategy development, we are seeking your views through a short 15 minute survey. This survey provides the opportunity to respond to the draft outline of the National Allied Health Workforce Strategy. The survey can be accessed here: https://consultations.health.gov.au/primary-care-mental-health-division/nahwsoutline/
We appreciate your participation in this consultation on the draft outline of the National Allied Health Workforce Strategy. Please feel free to share this among your networks.
If you would like to contact us about the consultation process or if you have any questions, please email caho@health.gov.au.
Moving or Adding a New Clinic?
Please contact our membership team with your new clinic details by email at aacma@acupuncture.org.au so they can apply to the health funds for new provider numbers.
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Medibank only update: deadline Sunday 9 June 2024
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June monthly updates: deadline Thursday 20 June 2024
Ceased practicing at a clinic, please provide the address and the ceased date so we can advise the health funds to remove your details.
To check your workplace details or membership go to our website https://www.acupuncture.org.au/ then
- Go to ‘Login’ at the top right-hand corner then
- Click ‘Member Login’ to log into the website your Username is your email address on AACMA’s record and the password you created.
- For the first time login, please click the ‘Forgotten Password’ button to set up a password.
If you have issues logging in or setting up a password, please don’t hesitate to contact the membership team 07 3457 1800 we are happy to assist you.
