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Refundable accommodation deposit (RAD) indexation calculator
You can use this calculator to work out the indexed RAD amount for your current approval year. To index a RAD amount for the current approval year, enter the: RAD approval date This is the date of the approval letter. If we approved your RAD with conditions, use...
How to classify COVID-19 – Supplementary guidance and FAQs for classifying admitted care in Eleventh Edition
Supplementary advice and frequently asked questions (FAQs) to support the classification of COVID-19 in admitted care.
Three Year Data Plan 2022–23 to 2024–25
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) requires accurate activity, cost and expenditure data from jurisdictions on a timely basis in order to perform its core determinative functions.
IHPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2022–23
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Work Program and Corporate Plan 2022–23 has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 and section 35(1)(b) of the Public Governance, Performanc...
Adjustments to the National Efficient Price Policy Version 4.0
A jurisdiction may request the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) to consider any legitimate and unavoidable costs in the delivery of public hospital services.
Back-Casting Policy Version 7.0
The Back-Casting Policy outlines the process the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) follows when back-casting the national efficient price or national efficient cost to enable calculation of the Commonwealth’s funding contribution, as set out in the...
Confidential Data Management Policy Version 4.0
The Confidential Data Management Policy outlines the limited and prescribed purpose for which the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) can collect and analyse confidential jurisdictional information and the processes and controls in place to prevent u...
Cost-Shifting and Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Policy Version 5.0
The Cost-Shifting and Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Policy outlines the processes undertaken by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) to investigate cross-border and cost-shifting disputes following a request by a health minister to ensure the ti...
Data Access and Release Policy Version 6.0
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) is responsible for relevant data collections to enable activity based funding. The Data Access and Release Policy outlines the principles and processes adopted by IHPA in the discretionary access and release of...
National Pricing Model Materiality Policy Version 3.0
The National Pricing Model Materiality Policy outlines the process the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) follows when assessing the materiality of proposed refinements to the national pricing model, such as new adjustments for specific cohorts of p...
Shadow Pricing Guidelines Version 2.0
The Shadow Pricing Guidelines provide guidance for the use of shadow pricing in the development and implementation of changes to classification systems. The Shadow Pricing Guidelines establishes guiding principles for commencing shadow pricing, repor...
National Pricing Model Consultation Policy
The National Pricing Model Consultation Policy outlines the guiding principles and consultative mechanisms that the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority follows when proposing and implementing changes that materially impact the development of the National Efficient Pr...