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Development of Version 4.0 of the Australian Hospital Patient Costing Standards
PublicationsAs part of the continuing development of activity based funding (ABF) arrangements for Australian hospitals, the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) has appointed HealthConsult to conduct a body of work that, for convenience, is collectively referred to a...
IHPA Work Program 2015–16 public consultation paper
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority invited all interested parties to provide comment on the Work Program 2015–16 public consultation paper.
Teaching, Training and Research (TTR) Costing Study Public—Consultation Paper
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) conducted a Teaching, Training and Research (TTR) costing study to inform the development of a TTR classification. The project involved a cost and activity data collection across a representative sample of Australian hos...
Home Enteral Nutrition, Home Total Parenteral Nutrition and Home Ventilation Services Costing Study Report
PublicationsThe Costing study on Home Enteral Nutrition, Home Total Parenteral Nutrition and Home Ventilation Services was undertaken in 2014. The purpose of the study was to review the costs associated with the delivery of public hospital services to patients receiving home entera...
Development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) Consultation paper one
PublicationsIHPA values the feedback it receives from jurisdictions, peak bodies, other interested stakeholder groups, and the community as it progresses work to develop and refine the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and its supporting material, both in the imm...
NHCDC Independent Financial Review 2012-13
PublicationsThe National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) is the primary data collection that the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) relies on to calculate the national efficient price used for the funding of public hospital services. To ensure that th...
Development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification – Public Consultation No. 1
ConsultationsThis was the first in a series of public consultation papers to inform the final stage in the development of the first iteration of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC). It built upon consultations that were undertaken by the University of Queensland...
Development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification Consultation paper one
PublicationsIHPA values the feedback it receives from jurisdictions, peak bodies, other interested stakeholder groups, and the community as it progresses work to develop and refine the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and its supporting material, both in the imm...
Development of the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups V8.0
PublicationsAs per the contract for Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) Classification System Development and Refinement Services between the Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) and the University of Sydney...
National Hospital Cost Data Collection, Overnight Private Hospitals Cost Report 2012-13
PublicationsThe private sector National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) is a voluntary collection that produces a range of hospital cost and activity information by Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG).
Define Teaching, Training and Research and Identify Associated Cost Drivers for ABF Purposes - Final Project Report
PublicationsIn August 2011, the Commonwealth, States and Territories signed The National Health Reform Agreement (NHRA). Among a number of other reforms, the NHRA committed the Commonwealth and State and Territory jurisdictions to implement an Activity Based Funding (ABF) model for...
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2014–15
PublicationsThe Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2014-2015 builds on the two previous Pricing Frameworks (2012-2013 Pricing Framework and 2013-2014 Pricing Framework). For simplicity, where IHPA reaffirmed a previous principle, the supporting argument was n...