Resources
Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Version 9.1 2025–26
The key publications that support the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Classification (Tier 2) are the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Definitions Manual and the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Compendium.
Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025–26
IHACPA has released the Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025–26.The pricing advice informs Australian Government decisions on residential aged care funding from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026.
IHACPA Annual Report 2024-25
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) Annual Report 2024–25 has now been published.
National Efficient Price Determination 2025–26
IHACPA was established under the National Health Reform Act 2011 (the NHR Act) and by virtue of section 131(1) of the NHR Act is invested with the following functions relevant to this National Efficient Price Determination 2025–26:
National Pricing Model Technical Specifications 2026–27
These 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.
NEP25 National Cost and Activity Drivers Report
The 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).
Independent Financial Review 2023-24
The 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...
NHCDC Independent Financial Review 2020-21
The National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) is the primary data collection that the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) relies on to calculate the national efficient price used for the funding of public hospital services. To ensure that th...
Aged Care Pricing Policy
The 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.
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2026–27
The 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.
Exchange of Letters between IHACPA and the Department of Health and Aged Care
An Exchange of Letters between Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) and the Department of Health and Aged Care (the Department) commenced on 22 September 2023.
AR-DRG Classification Fact Sheets
An overview of how AR-DRGs work and how they are used. The fact sheets also include a summary of the refinements for each recent AR-DRG version.
AR-DRG Version 11.0
The Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRGs) is a classification that provides a clinically meaningful way to relate or group the number and type of patients treated in admitted acute episodes of care to the resources required in treatment. AR-DRG...
National Benchmarking Portal resources
The National Benchmarking Portal (NBP) is a secure web-based application that provides access to data collected by IHACPA.
Data Quality Framework
This 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...
Pricing for Australian public hospital services for First Nations peoples – Fact sheet
This fact sheet is about the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority’s role under the National Health Reform Agreement, in relation to public hospital services for First Nations peoples. It involves determining the national efficient price and national effici...
Information about the Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025–26 fact sheet
This fact sheet outlines the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority’s Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025–26 for Australian residential aged care and residential respite care services.
IHACPA Annual Report 2023–24
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...
Australian Hospital Patient Costing Standards Version 4.2
The Australian Hospital Patient Costing Standards (AHPCS) provide direction for costing practitioners to ensure all in-scope costs are allocated to hospital activity to reflect resource utilisation, in a complete and consistent manner.
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Hospital Report 2024-25
The 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.
IHACPA Annual Report 2022–23
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) Annual Report 2022–23 was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday 18 October 2023.
ICD-11 – Transforming patient data fact sheet
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and became the international standard for reporting diseases and health conditions on 1 January 202...
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Thirteenth Edition fact sheet
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Thirteenth Edition was implemented on 1 July 2025.