Resources
Assessment of new health technologies 2018–19
ConsultationsIHPA's core function is the pricing of public hospital services. IHPA’s Pricing Guidelines recognise that the "pricing of public hospital services should respond in a timely way to the introduction of evidence-based, effective new health technology and innovations in mo...
Consultation Paper on ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition
ConsultationsOn behalf of Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, the Australian Consortium for Classification Development conducted two rounds of public consultation (14 June to 28 June 2018; 16 August to 30 August 2018) on proposed refinements to the Eleventh Edition of the Intern...
Australian Teaching and Training Classification (ATTC) – Version 1.0 Fact Sheet
Fact sheetsThe ATTC Version 1.0 will support the measurement of public hospital teaching and training activity that form the information required for policies on funding, budgeting and service planning. The development of the classification enables teaching and training activities...
Australian Teaching and Training Classification (ATTC) – Version 1.0 – User manual
PublicationsThis document provides background to the development of the new classification, explains the data elements and collection protocols, reporting requirements, and how the data is grouped.
IHPA Work Program 2018–19
PublicationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Work Program has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011.
Information Publication Scheme Plan
PublicationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) has prepared this Information Publication Scheme Plan (the IPS Plan) in accordance with section 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act). IHPA is required to publish this IPS Plan in accordance with section...
Impact of New Health Technology Framework Version 4.2
PublicationsThe objective of the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Impact of New Health Technology Framework (the Framework) is to outline the process by which IHPA, through the CAC, will monitor and review the impact of new health technologies on the existing classific...
Consultation paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2019–20
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released its Consultation paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2019-20. Public consultation was open from Tuesday, 12 June 2018 to 5:00PM Thursday, 12 July 2018. IHPA’s ...
IHPA Work Program 2018–19 public consultation paper
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority invited all interested parties to provide comment on the Draft IHPA Work Program 2018-19 public consultation paper.
Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) Version 10.0 classification consultation
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released a public consultation paper (11 May to 8 June 2018) to seek stakeholder views on proposed refinements to the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) classification for Version 10.0. All submissio...
Non-admitted home ventilation and maternity services
PublicationsOn 24 August 2017, the Commonwealth Minister for Health issued a Direction to IHPA under subsection 226(1) of the National Health Reform Act 2011 in relation to a number of changes to the classification, counting and scope of non-admitted activity in 2014-15 and 2015-16...