Emergency care
The Australian Emergency Care Classification (AECC) is the new classification for emergency care.
Publications
Education
Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2023–24
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2023–24 for public consultation from Wednesday 8 June 2022 to Friday 8 July 2022. IHPA’s Pricing Framework for Australia...
Draft IHPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2022–23
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the Draft IHPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2022–23. This consultation was open from 2 March to 1 April 2022. All submissions will be published on IHPA's...
Consultation Paper on a Methodology for Determining the Benchmark Price for Prostheses in Australian Public Hospitals
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (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 he...
MHPoC Education and Meeting Guides
The meeting guide suggests clinician validated ways to bring a routine consideration of MHPoC into multi-disciplinary team meetings. The education guide promotes simple and effective ways to run education on Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC) within teams. The...
AMHCC and MHPoC Information Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC). It includes a definition of each MHPoC and highlights that Assessment Only changed from a MHPoC to become an administrative...
Australian Mental Health Care Classification Fact Sheet
The Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) was developed to provide more accurate and consistent data about the services provided across different mental healthcare settings.
New Health Technology Policy
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) recognises the need for the pricing of public hospital services to respond in a timely manner to the introduction of new health technologies and innovations in models of care.
National Coding Advice
National Coding Advice (that is, Coding Rules and frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the new edition) are published to facilitate nationally consistent assignment of ICD-10-AM and ACHI codes in the implemented edition of ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS. National Coding Advice i...
ICD-10-AM and ACHI mapping tables