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IHACPA's role in aged care pricing fact sheet
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) is an independent government agency that provides evidence-based pricing advice to the Australian Government on health and aged care services.
AR-DRG Classification Fact Sheets
An overview of how AR-DRGs work and how they are used. The fact sheets also include a summary of the refinements for each recent AR-DRG version.
Pricing for Australian public hospital services for First Nations peoples – Fact sheet
This fact sheet is about the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority’s role under the National Health Reform Agreement, in relation to public hospital services for First Nations peoples. It involves determining the national efficient price and national effici...
Information about the Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025–26 fact sheet
This fact sheet outlines the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority’s Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025–26 for Australian residential aged care and residential respite care services.
ICD-11 – Transforming patient data fact sheet
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and became the international standard for reporting diseases and health conditions on 1 January 202...
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Thirteenth Edition fact sheet
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Thirteenth Edition was implemented on 1 July 2025.
Aged Care Cost Collection Fact Sheet
This fact sheet will help residential and in-home aged care providers understand what cost collections are and why it’s important to participate.
Implementation of Cluster Coding Fact Sheet
Cluster coding is a mechanism of linking related diagnosis codes through use of a diagnosis cluster identifier (DCID) that will enhance the value of coded data.
A fresh approach to NDIS pricing: Have your say fact sheet
The Australian Government has asked the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) to undertake initial work to identify opportunities for future reforms to National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) pricing. This includes reviewing existing pricing ap...
A fresh approach to NDIS pricing - Expert NDIS advisors fact sheet
During our NDIS pricing reform consultation in 2024, we drew upon the knowledge of our expert advisors who brought a range of perspectives to our work and who have a deep expertise in many relevant areas:
Australian Hospital Patient Costing Standards Version 4.2
The Australian Hospital Patient Costing Standards (AHPCS) provide direction for costing practitioners to ensure all in-scope costs are allocated to hospital activity to reflect resource utilisation, in a complete and consistent manner.
Refundable accommodation deposit (RAD) indexation calculator
You can use this calculator to work out the indexed RAD amount for your current approval year.To index a RAD amount for the current approval year, enter the:RAD approval dateThis is the date of the approval letter. If we approved your RAD with conditions, use the date o...
Have your say on residential aged care pricing fact sheet
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) invites everyone with an interest in aged care to provide feedback on IHACPA’s development of residential aged care pricing and costing advice.
Pricing Framework NEP and NEC Determinations 2022-23 infographic
Each financial year, IHPA releases the annual national efficient price and national efficient cost to determine the Commonwealth Government’s contribution to public hospitals.
Emergency Care Principal Diagnosis Selection Guide Fact Sheet
A principal diagnosis is the diagnosis established at the conclusion of the patient’s attendance in an emergency department (ED) to be mainly responsible for occasioning the attendance following consideration of clinical assessment.
Australian Emergency Care Classification Fact Sheet
The Australian Emergency Care Classification (AECC) has been developed for use in emergency departments and replaced the use of the Urgency Related Group (URG) for pricing from 1 July 2021.
Pricing and Funding for Safety and Quality: Avoidable Hospital Readmissions Fact Sheet
In 2017, all Australian governments signed the Addendum to the National Health Reform Agreement and committed to improve Australian health outcomes through safety and quality reforms.
Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25 Communication Toolkit
This Communication Toolkit has been developed for aged care providers and stakeholders by the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA).
Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services - Consultation video
IHACPA's annual consultation on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services is your chance to have a say in the future of aged care pricing advice.
Introduction to activity based funding with Prof Stephen Duckett
The 'Introduction to activity based funding' video aims to provide all health professionals with access to the essential introductory information on activity based funding by covering various themes such as pricing and funding, costing, classifications and data collecti...
Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25 Fact Sheet
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) relies on a consultative, transparent and evidence-based approach in the development of its aged care costing and pricing advice.
Towards an Aged Care Pricing Framework Consultation Paper Fact Sheet
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) relies on a consultative, transparent and evidence-based approach in the development of its pricing for public hospital services. IHACPA is committed to these same principles in developing its age...
AMHCC and MHPoC Information Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC). It includes a definition of each MHPoC and highlights that Assessment Only changed from a MHPoC to become an administrative...
MHPoC Education and Meeting Guides
The meeting guide suggests clinician validated ways to bring a routine consideration of MHPoC into multi-disciplinary team meetings. The education guide promotes simple and effective ways to run education on Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC) within teams. The...