Resources
Define Teaching, Training and Research and Identify Associated Cost Drivers for ABF Purposes - Final Project Report
PublicationsIn August 2011, the Commonwealth, States and Territories signed The National Health Reform Agreement (NHRA). Among a number of other reforms, the NHRA committed the Commonwealth and State and Territory jurisdictions to implement an Activity Based Funding (ABF) model for...
Review of the AR-DRG Case Complexity Process
PublicationsThis report presents the results of phase one of the project to develop Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG)1 Version (V) 8.0. This phase focuses on the case complexity component of the classification that has not been reviewed for many years.
Edit Checker Program User Guide
PublicationsThe Emergency Department (ED) Edit Checker program has been developed by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) to assist state and territory health departments and hospitals to improve the data quality reported for the hospital emergency department; par...
Investigative review of classification systems for emergency care
PublicationsThis report includes the findings and recommendations from a project undertaken by Health Policy Analysis on classification systems for emergency care on behalf of th eIndependent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA).
Tier 2 Non-admitted services 2014–15
PublicationsThere are three key publications that support the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Classification. Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Definitions Manual, Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Compendium and Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services National Index.
Review of Non-Admitted Classifications
PublicationsThis resource contains documents related to a review of existing non-admitted patient care classifications and recommend a new or revised classification to support activity based funding in non-admitted services.
Activity based funding webinar for allied health
VideosThis webinar provides an overview of activity based funding as it relates to allied health.
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eighth Edition
PublicationsICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eighth Edition was implemented between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2015 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services.
AR-DRG Version 7.0
PublicationsThe Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) Version 7.0 was implemented from July 1, 2014 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...
Definitions and cost drivers for mental health services project
PublicationsAs an initial step in developing a new national classification for mental health services, IHPA has commissioned a consortium led by The University of Queensland (UQ) to develop a definition for mental health services that can be consistently applied within the mental h...
Tier 2 Non-admitted Services 2013–2014
PublicationsThis resource provides the structural overview of the classification and the definition of each of the Tier 2 classes along with the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Compendium: This document provides guidance on the counting rules associated with the Tier 2 classification...
Tier 2 Non-admitted Services Definitions Manual 2012–13 version 1.2
PublicationsThis document provides the structural overview of the classification and the definition of each of the Tier 2 classes.