12.15 pm -12.45 pm

Australian Health Insurance Association (AHIA) (sub 1)

Mr Russell Schneider, Chief Executive Officer

12.45 pm - 1.30 pm

Medical Industry Association of Australia (MIAA) (sub 6)

Mr David Ross, Director, Healthcare Access, MIAA

Mr Martin Laverty, Government Relations, Burson-Marsteller

Australian College of Podiatric Surgeons (sub 2)

Dr Mark Gilheany, President

Mr John Price, Chief Executive Officer,

Australian Podiatry Council

1.30 pm - 2.15 pm

Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) (sub 4)

Mr Paul Mackey, Director, Policy and Research

Catholic Health Australia (sub 5)

Mr Francis Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer

2.15 pm - 2.45 pm

Australian Medical Association Limited (AMA) (sub 7)

Mr John O'Dea, Director, Medical Practice

Mr Colin Smeal, Senior Policy Adviser, Medical Practice

2.45 pm -3.15 pm

Department of Health and Ageing (sub 3)

Ms Rosemary Huxtable, A/g First Assistant Secretary,

Acute Care Division

Ms Linda Addison, Assistant Secretary,

Private Health Insurance Branch

Mr Alan Stevens, Special Adviser, Prostheses