IHACPA Corporate Plan 2026–27
Date published: 26 August 2026
The IHACPA Corporate Plan 2026–27 to 2029–30 focuses on how we operate, including our key activities, environment, performance measures and capabilities, risks and strategic goals. It outlines how we will achieve our purpose over the next 4 years.
As part of our key activities, we have 6 program objectives to deliver:
- Perform pricing functions
- Refine and develop hospital classification systems and provide advice on aged care classification systems
- Refine and improve hospital and aged care costing
- Determine data requirements and collect data
- Investigate and make recommendations concerning cost-shifting and cross-border disputes between states and territories in relation to public hospital services
- Conduct independent and transparent decision-making and engage with stakeholders
To successfully deliver on this work, we will continue to:
- build the skills, capability and knowledge of our people
- enhance infrastructure to support the national activity-based funding system
- utilise secure cloud capabilities and invest in technology that enhances our efficiency
- work with key stakeholders from across government, research and education, industry and community
- support consistent risk identification, assessment, monitoring and reporting across the agency.
The corporate plan supports our role in delivering transparent, evidence-based health and aged care pricing advice to the Australian Government.