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Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2025–26
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The Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services is the key policy document for IHACPA relating to the development of pricing advice for residential aged care and residential respite care. The pricing framework outlines the key considerations and meth...

Residential Aged Care Supplementary Pricing Advice 2024–25
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Each year the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) provides evidence-based residential aged care and residential respite care pricing advice to the Australian Government.

IHACPA Annual Report 2023–24
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) Annual Report 2023–24 has now been published.The annual report details the agency’s activities throughout the 2023–24 financial year. This includes the financial and operational performance against planned...

Three Year Data Plan
PublicationsThe Three Year Data Plan is supported by the Data Compliance Policy, which describes the process and criteria by which IHACPA will publicly report on compliance by jurisdictions with the data requirements and data submission dates specified in the Three Year Data Plan.

IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2025-26
PublicationsThe IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2025–26 highlights IHAPCA’s strategic objectives and key programs of work that will be undertaken within the upcoming financial year.

Draft IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2025–26
ConsultationsThe Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the draft IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2025-26

Aged Care Cost Collection Fact Sheet
Fact sheetsThis fact sheet will help residential and in-home aged care providers understand what cost collections are and why it’s important to participate.
Communique - Evolution of the Care Economy Summit
PublicationsOn Wednesday 3 July 2024 the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics at The University of Sydney in partnership with the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) hosted the Evolution of the Care Economy Summit.

Residential Aged Care Supplementary Pricing Advice 2023–24
PublicationsThe Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) provides annual residential aged care pricing advice to the Australian Government.

Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2024–25
PublicationsIHACPA has released the Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2024–25.This advice informs Australian Government decisions on residential aged care funding from 1 October 2024. This is the second year we have provided evidence-based residential aged care pricing advice to...

Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25
PublicationsIHACPA has released the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25.

Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2025-26
ConsultationsThe Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services underpins IHACPA’s approach in developing our residential aged care and residential respite care pricing advice to the Australian Government.