Item Numbers, Records and Consent Webinar

Speakers for this event

• Dr Martin Webb

  Dr Martin Webb

  BDSc (HONS) Qld 1990 FICD FPFA FADI

  Dr Martin Webb is a dentist in private practice at Maleny, on the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast. He has held various positions within the Dental profession namely ADA Federal Vice President, ADAQ State President 2007, member of ADAQ Executive 2001-2008 then 2014-2020.

  Dr Webb has served on the ADA Inc Schedule & Third Party Committee since 2008. Within that Committee he has acted as the state “expert opinion” on the interpretation of the ADA Schedule by dentists, their staff and PHI’s. Dr Webb has liaised with Dentists having difficulties with Medicare and DVA, including assisting them with audits. He also acts as the ADAQ PHI liaison officer to assist members with PHI complaints and investigations. In 2014 Dr Webb became an approved AHPRA and OHO Auditor. He is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry International and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. In 2016, Martin was awarded a Distinguished Service Award by the ADAQ, one of only 19 individuals in Queensland’s history to have been awarded this honour. Dr Webb has recently joined the ADA Inc Infection Control committee, has previously served on the ADA Inc Audit and Risk committee, member of the ADA Inc Dental Education and Training Committee, and Vice Chair of the Scientific Committee for the FDI World Dental Congress 2021 in Sydney.

  Dr Webb has conducted Lectures to the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, throughout Queensland on the fluoridation issue and more recently has been giving lectures to the ADAQ Practice Advantage group on health fund audits, item number issues, and dental fraud cases. He has assisted UQ as an external examiner for 5th Year dental student Vivas, and has recently been involved in providing expert opinion reports for medico legal cases involving dentists.

  BDSc (HONS) Qld 1990 FICD FPFA FADI

• Jodie Baker

  Jodie Baker

  LLB, LLM Manager, Member Advisory & Support Services - ADAQ

  Jodie graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 2008 and was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 2009. She later graduated with a Master of Laws specialising in health and administrative law from Sydney University in 2018. Jodie brings a wealth of industry knowledge in health law to ADAQ having practised as a health lawyer in both corporate and government organisations. Most recently, Jodie was the team leader in the compliance department at the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency providing advice to various National Boards including the Dental Board of Australia and was a senior legal officer with the Office of the Health Ombudsman before making the move to ADAQ. Having worked in both health insurance and regulation, Jodie has a well-rounded view of the issues faced by health practitioners and is an expert at navigating the legal system to ensure the health practitioner’s experience is as seamless as possible.

  LLB, LLM Manager, Member Advisory & Support Services - ADAQ