Trusted by private health insurer boards, hospital executives, healthcare investors, and government when regulatory complexity and commercial stakes are at their highest.
We operate at the intersection of regulatory depth, commercial strategy, and deep industry relationships — the three things your most consequential decisions require at the same time.
Hospital contracting is one of the most consequential — and least understood — commercial processes in the Australian health system. We advise both sides: PHI funds structuring value-based contracts, and hospital groups navigating termination threats and pricing pressure. Independent counsel with no billable-hour incentive to keep problems alive.
Private Health Insurance Act compliance, legislative change navigation, and independent counsel to government on private health policy — for PHI fund boards that cannot afford to be caught off-guard, for hospital providers shaping reform, for investors who want to understand regulatory risk.
Market positioning, hospital viability strategy, value-based contracting models, investment due diligence, and funding model design — for private hospital groups, healthcare investors, and PE/VC firms.
Retained strategic counsel to boards and executive teams navigating transformation, governance challenges, and market-shaping moments in the Australian private health sector.
Sector expertise for PE/VC and institutional investors evaluating private health opportunities — market analysis, regulatory risk assessment, management capability review, and post-acquisition strategic support.
"There will be no silver bullet from Canberra or funding solution from taxpayers to deal with what are essentially private pressures in this system."
— Minister Butler, November 2024When government steps back, the organisations that navigate these pressures best are those with the most sophisticated advisory support. That is what we provide — independent, expert counsel with no conflicting mandates and no billable-hour incentive to keep problems alive.
The Australian private healthcare system is becoming increasingly interconnected. A change in legislation, insurer funding policy or hospital economics rarely affects one organisation in isolation. Every decision creates consequences across insurers, providers, investors, government and patients. Understanding those relationships has become a strategic advantage.
Our role is to help leaders see the whole system. By connecting funding, regulation and commercial realities, we help boards and executives understand not just what is changing, but why it matters, who it will affect and how their organisation should respond. That broader perspective enables better commercial decisions, stronger negotiations and more resilient long-term strategies.
Unlike firms that approach problems from a single discipline, we bring together policy, funding, commercial strategy and industry economics into one independent advisory relationship. The result is practical, evidence-based advice that helps organisations navigate complexity with confidence and act before today's challenges become tomorrow's strategic risks.
Too broad or too offshore. Global consulting firms like McKinsey and Oliver Wyman spread their expertise across industries and countries. We don't. We specialise exclusively in Australian private healthcare funding. It's all we do. That means every piece of research, every analysis and every recommendation is grounded in the legislation, funding mechanisms and commercial realities that actually matter here.
Too technical, not strategic. Actuarial firms can tell you what the data says. We help you understand what it means. By connecting the numbers to the commercial, regulatory and funding realities of Australian private healthcare, we turn technical analysis into board-level insight, negotiation strategy and regulatory positioning.
Too siloed.Most firms advise from a single perspective. We advise across the entire Australian private healthcare ecosystem, bringing together policy, legislation, funding, economics and commercial strategy to help leaders make better decisions.
We fill it. Specialist expertise in Australian private healthcare funding, delivered through the close partnership and responsiveness that only a dedicated boutique advisory firm can provide.
David du Plessis
Managing Director
David has spent his career at the intersection of Australia's private health insurance system and its hospital sector — the most commercially and politically contested relationship in Australian healthcare. He has advised PHI fund boards through regulatory issues, structured insurer–hospital contracts during periods of acute commercial tension, and provided independent advice to government on private health policy at moments of legislative change.
His understanding of the system comes not from observing it from the outside, but from operating within its most consequential decisions. That experience — across fund governance, contract negotiation, regulatory strategy, and commercial positioning — is what Aller Consulting brings to each engagement.
Aller Consulting is a deliberately boutique practice. David leads every engagement personally — there are no junior associates, no delegated delivery, and no conflict of interest from acting on both sides of the same transaction.
Helping Australia's private health insurers make better strategic decisions by connecting funding, regulation, policy and commercial realities. We provide independent, board-level advice when the financial, regulatory and competitive implications are too important to get wrong.
Helping private hospital groups strengthen financial sustainability through better funding strategies, stronger insurer negotiations and informed responses to regulatory and policy change. We provide independent advice when commercial viability and long-term performance are at stake.
Helping investors make better healthcare investment decisions through deep insight into funding, regulation and commercial dynamics. We provide independent due diligence and strategic advice, from early-stage ventures through to complex private equity transactions.
Helping governments and industry bodies make better policy and strategic decisions by connecting funding, regulation and commercial realities. We provide independent advice informed by the practical operation of Australia's private healthcare system.
Helping healthcare providers secure sustainable funding by navigating Australia's complex private healthcare system. We provide strategic advice on market access, payer engagement and commercial positioning to support long-term growth.
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