Mental health care

Mental Health Phase of Care Clinical Refinement Project Final Report
PublicationsFollowing the completion of the 2016 Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR) study to test the consistency of clinician application of the mental health phase of care, the poor to fair reliability outcome led to the commencement of the refinement project. The project aims to iden...

Mental health phase of care Inter-rater reliability (IRR) study - Final report
PublicationsThe Inter-rater reliability study final report was approved by the Pricing Authority in April 2017. The primary aims of the study were to test the inter-rater reliability of the mental health phase of care instrument, gather information about the clinicians' views of th...

Australian Mental Health Care Classification
VideosAn animation explaining the process involved in developing the Australian Mental Health Care Classification, created by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.

Children's Healthcare Australasia webinar on the AMHCC
VideosThis video provides an overview of the process to develop the Australian Mental Health Care Classification.

Mental Health Australia webinar on the Australian Mental Health Care Classification
VideosA webinar with Mental Health Australia and the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.

Development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) Consultation paper one
PublicationsIHPA values the feedback it receives from jurisdictions, peak bodies, other interested stakeholder groups, and the community as it progresses work to develop and refine the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and its supporting material, both in the imm...

Definitions and cost drivers for mental health services project
PublicationsAs an initial step in developing a new national classification for mental health services, IHPA has commissioned a consortium led by The University of Queensland (UQ) to develop a definition for mental health services that can be consistently applied within the mental h...