Practice Partners Podcast

Send us your enquiry or question directly! The new financial year brings more than just award remuneration increases. It is also the ideal time to review employment contracts, HR documentation, policies, and accreditation readiness.  In this episode, Ami and Zac walk through a practical approach to implementing annual pay increases, communicating changes with staff, and ensuring your practice rema...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! In this episode of the Practice Partners Podcast, Ami and Zac are joined by two-time guest, James Gillespie - Founder of Cleanbill, to unpack the findings from Cleanbill's latest electorate breakdown report and what it reveals about bulk billing, out-of-pocket costs, and healthcare accessibility across Australia. Together, they explore why Cleanbill...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Leadership Fatigue: The Silent Threat Facing High-Performing Leaders Leadership can be incredibly rewarding, but it can also be exhausting. In this episode, Ami Assigal and Zac Pandur unpack the reality of leadership fatigue, exploring the warning signs, stages, and practical strategies leaders can use to avoid burnout while continuing to lead effectively...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Navigating the 2026 Backflip: Industry Changes and Practice Preparedness Just weeks before significant healthcare reforms were due to take effect, the Australian healthcare industry witnessed a dramatic policy reversal. In this extra episode, Zac and Ami unpack the government's latest Medicare backflip, the confusion surrounding Assignment of Benefit...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Medicare’s Biggest Billing Change in Years? What Every Practice Needs to Know From 1 July, the way practices obtain and record Assignment of Benefit (AoB) consent is changing... ever so slightly, marking one of the "most significant Medicare administration updates in history". In this episode, Ami Assigal and Zac Pandur unpack what the new digit...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! In this episode, Zac Pandur and Ami Assigal unpack the evolving world of healthcare marketing and the ongoing debate between managing marketing internally or partnering with external agencies. From social media strategy and branding to compliance, analytics, and long-term practice growth, this episode provides a practical look into what actually works in...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! This week, Zac Pandur and Ami Assigal discuss the hidden risks of walking intellectual property within general practice and business operations. The episode explores how knowledge, processes, policies, procedures, and operational know-how can easily “walk out the door” when staff leave, and why strong SOPs, documentation, and handover processes are critic...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! In Episode 82 of the Practice Partners Podcast, Zac Pandur takes on a solo discussion around one of the biggest challenges facing healthcare teams today: negativity in the industry and why positivity matters more than ever. With increasing operational pressure, staffing shortages, burnout, and rising patient expectations, many healthcare environments have...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! In this episode, Zac Pandur and Ami Assigal break down the realities of GP recruitment and why most clinics get it wrong. From ineffective reference checks to poor alignment and cultural misfits, this conversation focuses on the practical steps required to hire well and reduce long-term risk when bringing doctors into your practice. We cover: • Why tradit...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! In this episode, Zac Pandur and Ami Assigal break down the recent RBA surcharge changes announcement and what they actually mean for general practice. With shifts in payment processing rules and increasing cost pressures, practices need to reassess how they approach billing, surcharges, and patient communication. This episode focuses on the practical step...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Risk in healthcare is not theoretical. It is operational, daily, and often hiding in plain sight. In Episode 79, Zac Pandur and Ami Assigal take a structured look at risk management in general practice, focusing on compliance, staff accountability, and the increasing scrutiny around Medicare and Assignment of Benefit. As regulations tighten, practices tha...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Most practices do not fail from big, obvious issues. They drift through small, unnoticed problems that compound over time. Spot checks are the mechanism that stops that drift. In this episode, Zac and Ami break down how to implement structured, meaningful spot checks that uncover issues early and drive accountability across your team. We cover: • What eff...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! This episode takes a different approach. Zac and Ami run through a rapid-fire round of true or false questions, unpacking some of the most common assumptions in general practice and challenging what actually holds up in the real world. Each question opens up a deeper conversation around performance, efficiency, and where practices are quietly losing money...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Hiring friends or family sounds simple. In reality, it is one of the quickest ways to damage culture, create tension, and lose control of standards if handled poorly. In this episode, Ami and Zac break down how to approach these situations with structure, clarity, and discipline so you protect both the relationship and the business. We cover: • When hirin...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Flu season is one of the highest-volume, highest-demand periods in general practice. Most clinics underestimate the level of planning and structure required to run it properly. In this episode of the Practice Partners Podcast, Ami and Zac walk through the full flu clinic setup and delivery process, from early planning through to execution and follow-up. W...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Recurring problems are one of the biggest frustrations in healthcare practices. In this episode of the Practice Partners Podcast , Ami and Zac unpack why the same operational issues keep resurfacing in clinics and what practice owners and managers can actually do to stop the cycle. From staffing gaps and rostering chaos to communication breakdowns and unc...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Nurses are one of the most underleveraged assets in general practice. In this episode of the Practice Partners Podcast, Ami and Zac unpack what optimal nurse utilisation actually looks like in the real world and why it directly impacts patient care, workflow efficiency, and profitability. We cover:  • What the ideal GP to nurse ratio looks like and why it...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Facility fees are one of the most misunderstood and debated topics in general practice. In this episode of the Practice Partners Podcast, Ami Assigal and Zac Pandur unpack the legal, operational, and psychological realities behind charging facility fees, and why understanding them is critical for sustainable practice management. We unpack: What facility f...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! In this episode of the Practice Partners podcast, Zac and Ami are joined by James Gillespie, CEO & Founder of Cleanbill.   We discuss the evolution of healthcare data tracking and the significance of transparency in the industry. We explore the origins of Cleanbill, the importance of data in understanding bulk billing practices, and the future of heal...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Leadership avoidance is rarely loud. It is quiet. Subtle. And often disguised as being “too busy”, “too nice”, or “waiting for the right time”. In this episode of the Practice Partners Podcast, Ami and Zac unpack the uncomfortable but common reality of leadership avoidance in general practice. We explore: What leadership avoidance actually looks like in d...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Leadership is not a title. It is what happens between the phone ringing, the appointment book filling, the team asking questions, and the quiet decisions no one sees. In this episode of the Practice Partners Podcast, Josie takes our listeners inside a real day in the life of an Admin Leader in general practice and we officially welcome Josie into her new...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! Part 2 of our IT Overhaul series focuses on the future of the industry — not fear, not hype, just practical foresight. We unpack:  • Where healthcare IT is heading  • What practices need to future-proof now  • How leaders should be thinking about security, systems, and scale  • Why proactive planning beats reactive fixes every time If you want guidance be...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! IT in general practice isn’t just “having a server that works.” It’s compliance. It’s disaster recovery. It’s planning for the worst before the worst happens. In Part 1 of our IT Overhaul series, we unpack:  • IT compliance in general practice  • Disaster recovery & business continuity  • On-site vs off-site servers  • Server ownership & infrastru...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! A new year does not mean a clean slate. It means another opportunity to lead better, plan smarter, and run stronger healthcare businesses. In this episode, we step into 2026 with intention (and with hype). Not with unrealistic resolutions. But with practical focus on what clinics actually need to prioritise this year. We unpack: Why Quality Improvement mu...

Send us your enquiry or question directly! In this episode, we unpack one of the most frustrating parts of modern general practice: MBS rejections - especially the 965 and 967... oh GPCCMP. Clinics are delivering the service. Nurses are doing the work. The patients benefit. And yet… the rejections keep rolling in. And here’s the kicker; There are no magic fixes. No simple button to press. No overn...