Omeo District Health

What Omeo District Health does

Omeo District Health (ODH) is a publicly funded Small Rural Health Service operating under the Health Services Act 1988 (Vic) from a single integrated campus at 12 Easton Street, Omeo, in Victoria's East Gippsland High Country. It provides acute, urgent, primary, residential aged, allied, dental, community and home-based healthcare to roughly 1,500 residents spread across more than 5,900 square kilometres, including Omeo, Swifts Creek, Benambra, Dinner Plain and Mt Hotham. Capacity is small by design — 4 acute beds, 1 transitional care bed and a 14-bed, 5-star rated residential aged care facility (Lewington House) — backed by 24/7 urgent care nursing and visiting allied health.

The service platform rests on a Best Practice electronic health record, with telehealth delivered via the Health Direct Video Call system and clinical escalation pathways into the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (Northern Health), Adult Retrieval Victoria and PIPER. Core booking runs through HotDoc, pathology is routed to Dorevitch, dental is provided by Royal Flying Doctor Service in partnership with Dental Health Services Victoria, and patient information is shared with My Health Record and CareSync Exchange. The product mix spans CHSP, HACC PYP, Support at Home packages, NDIS, Youth Services, High Country Men's Shed, Transitional Care, allied health (physiotherapy, OT, dietetics, speech pathology, podiatry, diabetes education), a Harvest Exchange community program and the SHINE fundraising auxiliary.

ODH is funded by block and activity-based grants from the Victorian Department of Health plus Medicare bulk billing, Commonwealth aged care and disability programs, and minor tax-deductible donations; it charges no direct fees for most clinical services beyond statutory Freedom of Information fees. It is governed by a community Board chaired by Simon Lawlor, led by CEO Daniel Cziperle (appointed May 2025), and operates as the largest employer in the Omeo district with no parent company, private equity or venture capital ownership.

Name

Omeo District Health

Legal name

Omeo District Health

Website

https://odh.net.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1891

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Omeo District Health is a publicly funded Small Rural Health Service in Victoria's East Gippsland High Country, delivering integrated acute, urgent, residential aged, primary, allied, dental and home-based care to ~1,500 residents across 5,900+ square kilometres.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Administration of Public Health Programs (92312)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Rural healthcare services
• Aged care services
• Primary medical care
• Allied health services
• Home care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Omeo

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Healthcare Funding: Publicly funded health service receiving operational funding from Victorian and Commonwealth governments for acute care, aged care, community health, and home-based services.
2. Medicare Bulk Billing: Primary healthcare services delivered under Medicare, typically bulk billed for eligible patients at the Community Health Centre.
3. Donations and Fundraising: Tax-deductible donations (over $2) and SHINE auxiliary fundraising for medical equipment purchases and patient/resident benefits.
4. Home Care Packages and NDIS: Government-funded home care packages (Commonwealth Home Support Program, Support at Home) and NDIS funding for eligible clients with disabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Omeo District Health is a publicly funded Small Rural Health Service operating under the Health Services Act 1988 (Vic) in the remote Omeo district of Victoria, Australia. It delivers an integrated package of urgent/acute care, residential aged care, primary medical and dental care, allied health services, and home-based community health services to the local rural population. As a multi-purpose rural service, it functions as the single local entry point for a full continuum of healthcare in a thin, geographically isolated market.

Product overview

Omeo District Health is a Small Rural Health Service providing an integrated portfolio of healthcare services across Victoria's High Country. The core offerings include Urgent Care Centre (24/7), Acute Care (4 beds), and Lewington House Residential Aged Care (14 beds, 5-star rating). Home-based services encompass Commonwealth Home Support Program, Home and Community Care for Younger People, and Support at Home packages. The Omeo Community Health Centre provides primary care accredited against RACGP Standards. Allied health services include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, speech pathology, dietetics, and diabetes education. Additional programs include Youth Services, High Country Men's Shed, Transitional Care Program, Telehealth via Health Direct Video Call, Harvest Exchange community program, and SHINE fundraising auxiliary. The organization also connects patients to specialized services including Victorian Virtual Emergency Department and dental services via Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urgent Care
• Residential Aged Care
• Primary Medical Care
• Dental Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Residential aged care reaccredited by Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission for 3 years in 2023

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Integration8 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Royal Flying Doctor ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoyal Flying Doctor Service is the ongoing dental provider for the Omeo region, partnering with Omeo District Health, Dental Health Services Victoria, and Australian Dental Association Victoria to provide no-cost dental treatment to eligible residents every second week.
• Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with ODH and Royal Flying Doctor Service to provide no-cost dental services to eligible Omeo catchment residents.
• Northern Health (Victorian Virtual Emergency Department)coreTechnology or IntegrationVVED operated by Northern Health enables ODH Urgent Care Centre to access emergency department doctors via video conference 24/7 for medical assessment of less acute presentations.
• Adult Retrieval Victoria (ARV)coreTechnology or IntegrationARV provided by Ambulance Victoria enables access to medical support for urgent or high priority presentations, including ability to arrange road or air ambulances and bed availability for transfers.
• My Health RecordcoreTechnology or IntegrationAustralian Government digital health platform where ODH automatically uploads hospital discharge summaries and test results for patients who have not opted out.
• Health Direct AustraliacoreTechnology or IntegrationDeveloped the Video Call platform used by ODH for telehealth consultations, enabling patients to connect with specialists and clinicians from home using everyday devices.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Northern Health: Major metropolitan health service operating the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department that ODH uses for 24/7 emergency access. Comparable as a Victorian public health service, but at significantly larger scale and broader scope than ODH.
• Latrobe Regional Health: Larger regional public health service in Gippsland that partners with ODH to deliver Transitional Care Program services. Comparable as a Victorian public health service, but operates at materially larger scale with broader specialty services than ODH.

Direct peers

• Mansfield District Hospital: Small rural public health service in Victoria's High Country, near Mt Buller. Operates acute beds, urgent care, and residential aged care for a small alpine community — directly comparable footprint, demographic, and operating model to ODH.
• Beechworth Health Service: Victorian Small Rural Health Service operating Beechworth Hospital and residential aged care. Directly comparable to ODH in service mix, scale, and rural North-East Victorian operating context; former ODH board director Harry Thomas previously chaired Beechworth.
• Orbost Regional Health: Small Rural Health Service located in East Gippsland, the same region as ODH. Comparable scale, service portfolio (acute, urgent, aged, community, home-based), and rural demographic profile.
• Tallangatta Health Service: Victorian Small Rural Health Service delivering acute, residential aged care, and community health to a dispersed North-East Victorian population. Closely matches ODH on service mix, rural geography, and small-scale integrated delivery model.
• Yarram & District Health Service: Small Rural Health Service in Gippsland offering acute, urgent, residential aged care, and community health. Comparable to ODH in being a publicly funded, small-scale rural provider serving a dispersed regional population.
• Alpine Health: Multi-site Small Rural Health Service operating across Victoria's alpine region (Myrtleford, Bright, Mt Beauty). Highly comparable to ODH as a publicly funded rural health service delivering integrated acute, aged, community, and home-based services to small dispersed populations.

Others

• Gippsland Primary Health Network: Regional primary health network covering the same Gippsland catchment as ODH. Not a service-delivery competitor, but a relevant ecosystem body for funding coordination, planning, and policy advocacy in the region ODH serves.
• Royal Flying Doctor Service Victoria: Provides dental and retrieval services to rural and remote Victoria, including no-cost dental care at ODH every second week. Adjacent ecosystem partner rather than competitor, but relevant context for rural service delivery models.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance11 records

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