Resources

IHACPA's Role in Aged Care Pricing Fact Sheet
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority's (IHACPA) role within the aged care sector will be to provide aged care costing and pricing advice to the Commonwealth Minister for Health and Aged Care.

Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2023–24
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) will provide annual residential aged care pricing advice to the Commonwealth Government, commencing 1 July 2023, for each coming financial year

Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2023‒24
The Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services (the Pricing Framework) is updated annually.

Draft IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2023–24
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the draft IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2023–24.

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 ...

Residential Aged Care Costing Pilot Study Report
IHACPA engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers to undertake a Residential Aged Care Costing Pilot Study to understand, collect, and analyse cost and activity data. The recommendations outlined in the Residential Aged Care Costing Pilot Study Report are intended to inform th...

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...

Towards an Aged Care Pricing Framework Consultation Paper Fact Sheet
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) relies on a consultative, transparent and evidence-based approach in the development of its pricing for public hospital services. IHACPA is committed to these same principles in developing its age...

Towards an Aged Care Pricing Framework Consultation Paper
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) released its Towards an Aged Care Pricing Framework Consultation Paper (the Consultation Paper) for public consultation from Tuesday 16 August 2022 to Friday 14 October 2022.

Supplementary form for additional accommodation groups
This document forms part of the Application Form for Refundable Accommodation Deposit Approval. Use the main application form to record the information for accommodation groups 1 - 6. Use this form only to record information for accommodation group number 7 and onwar...

Extra Service Fee Approval Application Form
Use this form to apply for approval to increase or decrease your extra service fees. Description: To apply for approval, you need to: complete the application form provide supporting documents For a step-by-step guide to the process, see extra servi...

Refundable Accommodation Deposit (RAD) Approval Application Form
Use this form to apply for approval to charge a RAD (or equivalent daily amount) that is more than $550,000. Application Form If you’re not sure how to respond to the form questions or complete the spreadsheet, see our example of a completed form. Applicat...