ATO PREMIUM REDUCTION
STRATEGY
Presented by Leonie Graham, Acting Director, Premium Reduction Strategy, Australian Taxation Office
May 2015
Overview
 Why a Premium Reduction Strategy?
 Focus of Projects
 Progress
 Expected Outcomes and Future Work
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Why a Premium Reduction Strategy?
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Focus of Projects
 Intense work at the front end
 Establish a continuous improvement framework
 Embed to Business as Usual activities
 Leverage benefits of our Branch restructure
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Programme of Work
 Professionalisation
 Early Management Approach to Physical Injury Claims
 Redeployment
 Long Tail Management
 Manager Awareness
 Reporting
 Internal Quality Assurance
 Provider Quality Assurance
 Business Process Manual
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Progress and Learnings
 Learning Toolkit
 Early Management Package
 Medical Redeployment Fund
 Long tail reviews
 Manager awareness pilot presentations
 Metrics
 Case Review and Mentoring, RMS audit
 Performance expectations, new panel arrangements.
 Process mapping and stocktake
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Expected Outcomes
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Future Work
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WRP, IMEs and GPs worksite visits
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New panel arrangements
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Provider performance audits
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Catalogue of Suitable Duties for common injuries and common
work roles
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Co-ordinated interventions at Hot Spots to address issues that
may escalate into claims.
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Questions?