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IHPA releases Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2017-18
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The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) today released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2017-18. The consultation is open to the public until Monday 31 October 2016.
Teaching, Training and Research Costing Study Final Report July 2016
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The purpose of this costing study was to undertake a Teaching, Training and Research (TTR) cost and activity data collection at a representative sample of Australian hospitals and produce costed data to inform the development of a TTR classification.
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority appoints CEO
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The Chair of the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA), formerly the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Mr Shane Solomon, today announced the appointment of Mr James Downie as Chief Executive Officer.
Emergency Care Clinician Time Consensus Study Report
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The Emergency Care Clinician Time Consensus Study (the consensus study) was designed to complement the first component of the Emergency Care Costing and Classification Project - the Emergency Care Costing Study (the costing study).The costing study set out to collect information on activities/procedures carried out in emergency departments, the characteristics of the patients who received those activities/procedures, and the time associated with delivering these activities/procedures to the patients. The consensus study sought to obtain time estimations for the same set of activities/procedures collected in the costing study, adjusted (where relevant) for the different categories of patients receiving those activities/procedures. These estimates were provided by clinicians through a Delphi consultation process.The purpose of the consensus study is to validate the results of the costing study, as well as fill any gaps (that is, due to low number of observations for any specific activity/ procedure during the study period). The reason for the validation, and for the need to fill any gaps, is to ensure the data from the costing study is as complete and representative as possible as this data is being used to cost emergency department presentations, which in turn will be used as the basis for the classification system to be developed for Australian emergency departments.
IHPA Work Program 2016–17
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The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Work has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011.
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2016–17
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The Pricing Framework 2016-17 builds on the Pricing Frameworks from previous years (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16). For simplicity, where IHPA has reaffirmed a previous principle, the supporting argument has not been restated in this year’s paper.
NHCDC Independent Financial Review 2013-14
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The 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 the quality of NHCDC data is robust and fit for purpose, IHACPA commissions an independent financial review to assess whether all participating hospitals have included appropriate costs and patient activity.
Definitions of emergency services
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This table provides a detailed description of the categorisation of emergency services. These definitions have been developed in consultation with the Emergency Care Advisory Working Group and are used to determine which data specification and classification is used by emergency departments within public hospitals for ABF purposes.
Australian Mental Health Care Classification
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An animation explaining the process involved in developing the Australian Mental Health Care Classification, created by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.
IHPA releases Work Program 2016-17 for public comment
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The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) today released its Work Program 2016-17 for public consultation until Wednesday 1 June 2016.
National Efficient Price Determination 2016–17
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The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority was established under the National Health Reform Act 2011 (Cth) (the Act), and by virtue of section 131(1) of the Act is invested with the following functions relevant to this National Efficient Price (NEP) Determination 2016 (Determination).
National Pricing Model Technical Specifications 2016–17
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This document provides the technical specifications for how the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) developed the Activity Based Funding (ABF) models for the service streams to be funded for the National Efficient Price (NEP) and the National Efficient Cost (NEC) Determinations for 2016-17.