Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2024–25
Date published: 14 June 2023
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2024–25 for public consultation from Wednesday 14 June 2023 to Friday 14 July 2023.
IHACPA’s Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services is revised and published each year. It outlines the principles, scope and methodology adopted by IHACPA to determine the national efficient price and the national efficient cost for Australian public hospital services for the upcoming financial year.
IHACPA invited all interested parties to take part in the consultation process. The feedback and comments received will be incorporated into the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2024–25.
Submissions for this consultation closed at 5pm AEST on Friday 14 July 2023.
Consultation Paper
Submissions to the Consultation Paper
All submissions have been published on the IHACPA website unless respondents specifically identified sections to be kept confidential for commercial or other reasons.
IHACPA retains, at its absolute discretion, the right not to publish any submissions or part thereof, where it considers it appropriate to do so. Circumstances in which IHACPA may consider making the decision not to publish either the whole submission or part thereof, include that the submission:
- may contain information that is commercially sensitive.
- is factually contentious – that is, contains data, methodologies or processes that are questionable.
- raises individual privacy concerns.
The following formal submissions have been made public.