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National Pricing Model Technical Specifications 2020–21
This document provides the technical specifications for how the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) developed the activity based funding models for the service streams to be funded for the National Efficient Price and the National Efficient Cost Determinations...
Ministerial Expectations Setting Paper and IHACPA Statement of Intent: Aged Care Pricing – 2022
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) received correspondence regarding IHACPA’s aged care pricing functions, including an Expectations Setting Paper, from The Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care, on 22 August 2022. In res...
National Pricing Model Technical Specifications 2021–22
This document provides the technical specifications for how the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) developed the activity based funding models for the service streams to be funded for the National Efficient Price and the National Efficient Cost Determinations...
Rules for Coding and Reporting COVID-19 Episodes of Care
This publication outlines the rules for coding and reporting coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) episodes of care. IHPA is required to update the national activity based funding (ABF) classifications and data reporting requirements to accommodate the emerging situation with COV...
List of acronyms and abbreviations
A list of IHACPA's commonly used acronyms and abbreviations and their meanings.
Australian Mental Health Care Classification Fact Sheet
The Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) was developed to provide more accurate and consistent data about the services provided across different mental healthcare settings.
Australian Teaching and Training Classification (ATTC) – Version 1.0 Fact Sheet
The 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 Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 5.0 Fact Sheet
The Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification (AN-SNAP) is a casemix classification that provides a nationally consistent way of categorising admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care. AN-SNAP Version 5.0 (V5.0) classifies episodes on th...
NHCDC Round 24 infographic
The Round 24 National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) collected public hospital cost information for the 2019–20 financial year.
National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Public Hospitals Report - Round 15 (financial year 2010–11)
The National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) is the primary data collection that Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) relies on to calculate the national efficient price used for the funding of public hospital services. To ensure that the quality of NH...
National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Public Hospitals Report - Round 16 (financial year 2011–12)
This National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Public Hospitals Report includes the results of participation across the various jurisdictions. The reports investigates a number of specific questions relating to hospital costs for admitted, non admitted and emergenc...
COVID-19 Response - Costing and Pricing Guidelines
This document guides costing practitioners on the steps to capturing end-to-end COVID-19 activity and expenses under the National Partnership Agreement (NPA). It identifies the principles to be applied, the scope of activity and costs to be funded, cost allocation metho...
Development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) Consultation paper one
IHPA values the feedback it receives from jurisdictions, peak bodies, other interested stakeholder groups, and the community as it progresses work to develop and refine the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and its supporting material, both in the imm...
Australian Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 4.0 Fact Sheet
The Australian National Subacute and Non-acute Patient Classification (AN-SNAP) is a casemix classification that categorises rehabilitation, palliative care, geriatric evaluation and management, psychogeriatric care and non-acute care. AN-SNAP Version 4 classifies episo...
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition - Classifying COVID-19 Vaccine Types Education Fact Sheet
This education fact sheet assists in the application of classification codes related to COVID-19 vaccine types using ICD-10-AM and the ACHI Twelfth Edition.
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS - Classifying Disease and Health Interventions Fact Sheet
The classification of diseases and interventions is performed by clinical coders and health information managers in health services across Australia for the purpose of collecting information on morbidity.
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition - Social Factors in Admitted Patient Care Fact Sheet
The circumstances in which people grow, live, work and age may influence the likelihood of experiencing disease or injury, and their interactions with health services. These circumstances are referred to as social determinants of health, socioeconomic and psyc...
Senate Order on Departmental and Agency Contracts Period 2021 Calendar Year
2021 Senate order for entity contracts listing relating to the period 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021.
The Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 4.0 – User Manual (April 2015)
This manual describes AN-SNAP V4. Findings from the literature, advice provided in the context of meetings and other consultations with stakeholders and statistical analysis of the available data all fed into the development of AN-SNAP V4.