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Development of the Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 4.0 – Final Report (April 2015)
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The Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD), University of Wollongong was commissioned by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) to develop Version 4 of the Australian National Subacute and Non-acute Patient (AN-SNAP) classification. This report outlines the objectives, approach and results of the study.
Discussion paper on the emergency care costing study (part of the Emergency care costing and classification development project)
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The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) is developing a new national classification system for emergency care departments and services. The classification will be underpinned by a targeted costing study that will investigate the impact of cost variation between emergency departments/services, and data development to modify and enhance selected data items in the emergency care data collections to support the implementation of the new emergency care classification. This document has been prepared as the basis for discussion with key stakeholders about how the costing study component of the overall project will be undertaken. It covers issues such as the time frames for the costing study, data collection and costing processes.
Hospital Teaching, Training and Research Activities National Best Endeavours Data Set 2018-19 Technical Specifications for reporting
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Teaching, training and research (TTR) activities represent an important role of the public hospital system alongside the provision of care to patients. Until now, there has been no classification system for TTR. To support data collection and classification development, IHPA have developed nationally consistent data collections for activity and cost data which, with maturity, will allow the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA)) to price TTR using activity based funding (ABF) methods.
Consultation paper on the Emergency Department Principal Diagnosis Short List
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The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) is currently developing an emergency department (ED) ICD‑10‑AM principal diagnosis short list for implementation in the Non Admitted Patient Emergency Department Care National Minimum Data Set (NAPEDC NMDS) for 2016-17. The short list includes proposed terminology for each diagnosis code based on the corresponding ICD‑10-AM code description as well as terminology currently used by jurisdictions.
Indigenous Patient Cost Study Report
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The purpose of this report is to review the costs of providing care to Indigenous patients accessing public hospital services. This work was commissioned in response to stakeholder concerns that the national activity based funding system does not adequately reflect Indigenous patient costs.
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Ninth Edition
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ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Ninth Edition was implemented between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2017 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services.
Development of a table of standard costs for conducting clinical trials in Australia
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IHPA has developed a robust set of standard costs for the revised List of standard items associated with conducting clinical trials in Australia.
IHPA Work Program 2015–16
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The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Work Program has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011.
AR-DRG Version 8.0
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The Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) Version 8.0 was implemented from July 1, 2016 and is the Australian Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) patient classification system that provides a clinically meaningful way of relating the types of patients treated in the hospital to the resources required by the hospital. AR-DRGs incorporate the ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS.
Consultation paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2016–17
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The Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services is updated annually and outlines the principles, scope and methodology adopted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) to determine the National Efficient Price (NEP) and the National Efficient Cost (NEC) Determinations for Australian public hospital services for the specific financial year.
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2015–16
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The 2015-16 Pricing Framework builds on the three previous Pricing Frameworks (2012-13 Pricing Framework, 2013-14 Pricing Framework and 2014-15 Pricing Framework). For simplicity, where the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) has reaffirmed a previous principle, the supporting argument has not been restated in this year’s paper.
Australian Mental Health Care Classification - Public Consultation No. 2
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This is the second public consultation paper to inform the development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC). The first public consultation was undertaken in early 2015.