Health sector contracts and legislation. Fiona's skill set includes:

• An in-depth understanding of current and historical funding arrangements, operational requirements of the payment   systems and service-specific issues in each funding stream (such as pharmaceutical, maternity, and PHO capitation funding).
• Information technology contract drafting for the health sector
• Assessment of whether health service providers have complied with their contractual obligations.  Identifying enforcement and recovery options when they have not complied.
• Litigation and Tribunal work: Representing the interests of the MoH in the precedent setting civil cases Hobson & Anor v Harding & Ors (the section 22G Health Act case establishing the right to access patient clinical information on audit), and Ministry of Health & Ors v Dalley (a civil recovery action). Assisting with health contract aspects of health practitioner Tribunal work.
• Risk identification and mitigation.  Review of 140 individual health provider funding contracts from the $611m primary health funding stream of two District Health Boards.  This was part of the MoH Audit & Compliance risk assessment and review project. Suggestions for mitigation of risks identified were part of the service provided.
• Risk Measurement Activities.  Legal assistance with preparation of the Audit & Compliance Loss and Risk Measurement Reports.  The Reports identified areas of potential risk in a significant funding stream, measured the likely levels of that risk and suggested appropriate mitigation activity.  District Health Boards implemented a significant number of the recommendations arising out of these Reports with savings estimated to be in the millions of dollars.