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Accounting & Financial Policy Unit

Manager - Peter Lewis

General Enquiries - (03) 9096 7070

Role & Function

The Accounting and Financial Policy Unit:

  • Maintain and review the hospital’s Common Chart of Accounts
  • Reports on hospital financial performance
  • Review and update monthly and annual reporting formats
  • Provides a range of financial advice and services for hospitals
  • Monitors hospital compliance with DHS financial policy and guidelines
  • Negotiates and manages the contractual relationships for compensable clients treated in Victorian public hospitals, including VWA, DVA and TAC.
  • Negotiates and monitors agreements for the treatment of cross border patient flows.

Key Contacts and Responsibilities

Contact Name Responsibility Telephone
Peter Lewis Chart of Accounts
Benchmarking
9096-9050
David Seinfeld Transport Accident Commission
Fees and Charges for Acute Health Services
Victorian Hospital OH&S
Broader Health Cover
9096-7270
Domenic Fama Benchmarking
Financial Reporting
Transport Accident Commission
Data Analysis
9096-8639
Mignonne De Witt Victorian Workcover Authority
Department of Veterans Affairs
9096-8092
Adrian Edmonds Health Purchasing Victoria
Cross Border Intergovernment Relations
National Product Catalogue
9096 8143
Victor Liew Technical Accounting Issues
Financial Policy
Financial Reporting Formats
9096-7450

Additional Key Contacts

Contact Name Responsibility Telephone
Martin Clifford Rural Hospitals 9096-1526
Angela Nguyen Health Collect Portal Helpdesk
Userid and Password Requests for AIMS
9096-8595
Our Websites
Accounting and Financial Policy in Victoria's Public Hospitals
Fees and Charges for Acute Health Services in Victoria - A Handbook for Public Hospitals
(The Fees Manual)
Victorian Hospital OH&S Website
Health Supply Chain Reform Taskforce Website
Health Purchasing Victoria - Board Appointments
Veterans - Care in Victoria
Specific Purpose Funds - Guidelines for Victoria's Public Hospitals
Rights of Private Practice within the Victorian Public Health System

Related Websites
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV)
Transport & Accident Commission
Victorian Workcover Authority

 

For information relating to this Web site, contact:
Peter Lewis - (03) 9096 9050
email:
peter.lewis@dhs.vic.gov.au

Last Updated: 29 July, 2008

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