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Consultation Paper on a Methodology for Determining the Benchmark Price for Prostheses in Australian Public Hospitals
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s (IHPA) primary function is to calculate and deliver an annual national efficient price of public hospital services. The 2021–22 Federal Budget, released in May 2021, included a measure to modernise and improve the private...
Assessment of New Health Technologies 2021–22
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s (IHPA) core function is the pricing of public hospital services. IHPA’s Pricing Guidelines recognise that the 'Pricing of public hospital services should respond in a timely way to introduction of evidence-based, effective ne...
Draft Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 5.0
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released a public consultation paper to outline the proposed fifth version of the Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification (AN-SNAP V5). IHPA invited all interested parties to provide fee...
Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2022–23
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2022–23. Public consultation was open from Wednesday 9 June 2021 to Friday 9 July 2021. IHPA’s Pricing Framework for Aus...
Development of the admitted care classifications
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released a public consultation paper outlining the major changes for the following classifications used in admitted care: • Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) Version 11.0 • Intern...
Draft IHPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2021–22
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the Draft IHPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2021–22.
Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2021–22
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2021–22. Public consultation was open from Wednesday 9 September to 5pm AEDT Friday 9 October 2020....
Assessment of new health technologies 2020–21
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s (IHPA) core function is the pricing of public hospital services. IHPA’s Pricing Guidelines recognise that the 'Pricing of public hospital services should respond in a timely way to introduction of evidence-based, effective ne...
Consultation and review of the AR-DRG and ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Classification Systems
ConsultationsThe development cycle of the admitted care classifications was last reviewed in 2009. Since that time the landscape has changed significantly with the National Health Reform Agreement in 2011 and the introduction of activity based funding nationally. The recent review f...
IHPA Work Program 2020–21 public consultation paper
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the draft IHPA Work Program 2020–21.
Assessment of new health technologies 2019–20
ConsultationsIHPA's core function is the pricing of public hospital services. IHPA’s Pricing Guidelines recognise that the "pricing of public hospital services should respond in a timely way to the introduction of evidence-based, effective new health technology and innovations in mo...
Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2020–21
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2020–21. Public consultation was open from Friday 14 June to 5:00pm Monday 15&...