6c. Rapid Fire 3. Shared Medical Appointments – Enhancing Access and Revenue in General Practice
Tracks
Track 3
| Sunday, May 25, 2025 |
| 11:35 - 12:20 |
| Eureka room 2 |
Details
Traditional one-on-one GP consultations limit efficiency and patient engagement in chronic disease management. Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) offer a scalable, profitable solution, improving both patient outcomes and practice revenue.
This session delivers a scalable, financially viable approach to chronic disease management, improving practice sustainability and patient care.
Learning Outcomes: • Develop a structured SMA model to improve efficiency in chronic disease management. • Utilize SMA billing structures to increase revenue per hour by 55%, while ensuring patient engagement. • Identify patient cohorts suited for SMAs, addressing logistical and implementation challenges. • Create an action plan to pilot an SMA program in their practice within existing MBS and compliance frameworks.
Learning Outcomes: • Develop a structured SMA model to improve efficiency in chronic disease management. • Utilize SMA billing structures to increase revenue per hour by 55%, while ensuring patient engagement. • Identify patient cohorts suited for SMAs, addressing logistical and implementation challenges. • Create an action plan to pilot an SMA program in their practice within existing MBS and compliance frameworks.
Speaker
Dr Alecia Macrow
GP and Owner
Thrive Family Practice
6c. 3. Shared Medical Appointments – Enhancing Access and Revenue in General Practice
Biography
Dr Alecia Macrow BMBS FRACGP
Founder, Thrive Family Practice | RACGP SA Faculty Council Member
Dr Alecia Macrow is a specialist GP and founder of Thrive Family Practice, an award-winning, GP-owned clinic in Glenelg South with a strong focus on interdisciplinary, lifestyle-based care. With a background in science communication and a special interest in chronic disease, endometriosis and pelvic pain, Alecia is passionate about reimagining primary care to be proactive, team-based and patient-centred.
She leads one of Australia’s federally funded Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinics, pioneering innovative approaches such as nurse-led care planning, case conferencing, and shared medical appointments to improve outcomes in complex care. Alecia also sits on the RACGP SA Faculty Council and is actively involved in advocacy and policy around sustainable, high-quality models of general practice.
