Resources
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...
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.
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Hospital Report 2023-24
The 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.
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.
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Sector Report 2022–23
The 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.
Residential Aged Care Supplementary Pricing Advice 2024–25
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.
Data Access and Release Policy Version 8.0
The 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).
High cost, highly specialised therapies
IHACPA does not have a role in the decision-making processes that inform the inclusion of a highly specialised therapy in NHRA funding arrangements.
National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Public Sector 2023-24
The National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) for the public sector, collected through the states and territories, is the primary data collection used to develop the national efficient price
National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Public Sector 2022–23
The National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) for the public sector, collected through the states and territories, is the primary data collection used to develop the national efficient price.
New Health Technologies
IHACPA 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.
Public Interest Disclosures
The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (the Act) is a legislative scheme for the reporting and investigation of allegations of serious wrongdoing in the Commonwealth public sector.
Development of a table of standard costs for conducting clinical trials in Australia
IHPA has developed a robust set of standard costs for the revised List of standard items associated with conducting clinical trials in Australia.
Consultation and review of the AR-DRG and ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Classification Systems
The development cycle of the admitted care classifications was last reviewed in 2009. Since that time the landscape has changed significantly with the National Health Reform Agreement in 2011 and the introduction of activity based funding nationally. The recent review f...
AR-DRG Version 8.0
The Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) Version 8.0 was implemented from July 1, 2016 and is the Australian Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) patient classification system that provides a clinically meaningful way of relating the types of patients treated in...
National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Public Sector 2024-25
The National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) for the public sector, collected through the states and territories, is the primary data collection used to develop the national efficient price
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition, was implemented between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2022 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services.
Data Compliance Policy
The Data Compliance Policy describes the process and criteria by which the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) will publicly report on compliance by jurisdictions with the data requirements and data submission dates specified in the current IHACP...
Three Year Data Plan
The 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.
Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2024–25
The key publications that support the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Classification (Tier 2) are the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Definition Manual and the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Compendium.
IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2025-26
The 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.
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition supersedes ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition and is applicable for separations between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2025.