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Aged care costing
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IHACPA collects data on the cost to provide aged care services across residential aged care and Support at Home.
Development of ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Thirteenth Edition and AR-DRG Version 12.0
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) released its consultation paper on the development ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Thirteenth Edition and AR-DRG Version 12.0 from Thursday 2 November 2023 to Friday 1 December 2023.
Data set specifications 2024–25
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) is responsible for determining relevant data set specifications to enable activity based funding. The specifications have been developed in collaboration with IHACPA’s committees and working groups.
Data set specifications 2025–26
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) is responsible for determining relevant data set specifications to enable activity based funding. The specifications have been developed in collaboration with IHACPA’s committees and working groups.
2023 Residential Aged Care Costing Study Final Report
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) engaged Scyne Advisory to undertake a residential aged care costing study in 2023 to understand, collect, and analyse cost and activity data.
Australian Hospital Patient Costing Standards Version 4.2
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The Australian Hospital Patient Costing Standards (AHPCS) provide direction for costing practitioners to ensure all in-scope costs are allocated to hospital activity to reflect resource utilisation, in a complete and consistent manner.
AMHCC Version 1.1 Final Report
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This final report provides the detailed statistical analysis undertaken in the development of Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) Version 1.1, including the key changes to the classification and methodology of the refinement
IHACPA releases the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2024–25
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2024–25 (the Pricing Framework) following public consultation.
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2024–25
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The Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2024–25 (the Pricing Framework) is the key strategic document underpinning the National Efficient Price and National Efficient Cost Determinations for the 2024–25 financial year.
IHACPA partners with University of Sydney to boost health research and training
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has partnered with the University of Sydney to create training and career opportunities for the next generation of health researchers, helping to tackle national skills shortages in health and aged care.
Bundled payments – what makes them work? Lessons from the US
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) is entering an exciting partnership with the University of Sydney’s Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics.
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Hospital Report 2022–23
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The National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) private sector is a voluntary collection that produces a range of hospital cost and activity information by the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups.