INFRASTRUCTURE AND MARKETS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
Assessing competition and markets
We help clients with…
Assessing how competition and markets drive social sector outcomes, by using economic and financial analysis to review the impact of market structures on competitive practices. Our work focuses on assessing whether current trends and outcomes are distorted by regulatory and profitability barriers for market entrance, and constraints to consumer choice.
Competition Effects of Physiotherapy Contracts, New Zealand
Castalia gave expert evidence that a new contracting model to pay physiotherapists did not breach competition law. Physiotherapists had claimed that the new contracts, which prevented them from charging patients additional out-of-pocket fees, limited competition and amounted to price-fixing. Read more
Pharmaceutical Procurement of Targeted High Cost Medicine, New Zealand
Castalia developed proposals to incorporate targeted high-cost medicines into the public health system’s pharmaceutical benefits scheme. New Zealand’s pharmaceutical procurement model favors medicines that provide broad-spectrum benefits to larger population groups. Patients have significantly lower levels of access to high-cost targeted medicines compared to Australia. Read more
Pharmacy Guild Policy Paper, New Zealand
We identified how pharmacists and District Health Boards could work together to reduce healthcare costs in New Zealand. District Health Boards considered spending cuts to reduce the cost of healthcare in New Zealand. This would result in lower dispensing fees, so the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand hoped to identify additional services that could be purchased from pharmacists to preserve financial viability of pharmacies. Read more
Services
We help clients with designing markets, shaping overall market structure to ensure vital social services and infrastructure are delivered efficiently, ... Read more
We help clients with designing and reviewing social infrastructure regulation, by reviewing regulatory decisions, frameworks, and proposed laws. We also ... Read more
We help clients with building institutions and capacity using public private partnership. We advise clients on how best to determine ... Read more
We help clients with fiscal management of social infrastructure and programs: building systems and capacity. We work with fiscally constrained ... Read more
We help clients with developing social services and infrastructure pipelines, ensuring that project pipelines identify, screen and prioritize social services ... Read more
We help clients with appraising and diligencing projects and investments, across social services and infrastructure. We apply financial models and ... Read more
We help clients with managing transactions, by carrying social infrastructure and service projects through to financial close, while protecting the ... Read more
We help clients with investigating anti-competitive conduct by providing expert advice. Our experts advise on allegations and disputes related to ... Read more
We help clients with appraising social policy, by evaluating social service and infrastructure policies. We assess whether policies are designed ... Read more
We help clients with evaluating performance, learning and disseminating knowledge. We advise clients on best-practice service delivery models, and on ... Read more
