Resources
National Efficient Price Determination 2026–27
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The national efficient price (NEP) sets the price for in-scope public hospital services funded on an activity basis.
National Efficient Cost Determination 2026–27
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The national efficient cost (NEC) determines payments for services that are block-funded.
AR-DRG Version 12.0
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The 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...
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS resources
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The resources provided on this page are to assist clinical coders and other users of ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS. Information may be updated at any time to maintain currency.
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...
IHACPA's role in aged care pricing fact sheet
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) is an independent government agency that provides evidence-based pricing advice to the Australian Government on health and aged care services.
National Pricing Model Technical Specifications 2026–27
PublicationsThese documents provide technical specifications for the activity-based funding models used to inform the National Efficient Price 2026–27 Determination and National Efficient Cost 2026–27 Determination.
Independent Financial Review 2023-24
PublicationsThe National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) is the primary data collection that IHACPA relies on to calculate the national efficient price used for the funding of public hospital services. To ensure that the quality of NHCDC data is robust and fit for purpose, we...
NEP25 National Cost and Activity Drivers Report
PublicationsThe NEP25 National Cost and Activity Drivers Report presents insights into the key drivers of growth in the National Efficient Price Determination 2025-26 (NEP25), from the native National Efficient Price Determination 2024-25 (NEP24).
National Benchmarking Portal resources
PublicationsThe National Benchmarking Portal (NBP) is a secure web-based application that provides access to data collected by IHACPA.
National Coding Advice
PublicationsThe National Coding Advice contains the Coding Rules and new edition frequently asked questions (FAQs). These are published to facilitate nationally consistent assignment of ICD-10-AM and ACHI codes in the implemented edition of ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS. National Co...
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.