Publications
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2026–27
PublicationsThe Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2026–27 is the key strategic document underpinning the national efficient price (NEP) and national efficient cost (NEC) determinations for the 2026–27 financial year.
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Hospital Report 2024-25
PublicationsThe National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Private Sector is a voluntary collection that produces a range of private hospital cost and activity information by the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups.
Data compliance reports
PublicationsThe Independent Health and Aged Pricing Authority (IHACPA) publishes Data Compliance Reports including a Quarterly Report, as required by the National Health Reform Agreement (B81).
Data Quality Framework
PublicationsThis Data Quality Framework has been created to enable the quality of data to be assessed, understood, communicated and managed consistently. It provides systematic and methodological rigour to IHACPA’s data quality processes at each stage of data specification, acquisi...
Aged Care Pricing Policy
PublicationsThe Aged Care Pricing Policy describes the principles, approach and processes that underpin the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority’s development of aged care pricing advice for residential aged care, residential respite care and in-home aged care.
Data Access and Release Policy Version 8.0
PublicationsThe Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) is responsible for relevant data collections to enable activity based funding, as prescribed by the National Health Reform Act 2011 (the NHR Act).
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Sector Report 2022–23
PublicationsThe 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.
High cost, highly specialised therapies
PublicationsIHACPA does not have a role in the decision-making processes that inform the inclusion of a highly specialised therapy in NHRA funding arrangements.
New Health Technologies
PublicationsIHACPA 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.
AR-DRG Version 12.0
PublicationsThe Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) classification provides a clinically meaningful way to group together treatments and services provided for admitted acute episodes of care to enable hospitals to be funded for these services using activity based f...