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Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2024–25
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2024–25 for public consultation from Wednesday 14 June 2023 to Friday 14 July 2023.
National Benchmarking Portal
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The National Benchmarking Portal (NBP) is a website-based application that provides public access to insights from data collected by the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA).
Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2023–24
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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.
IHACPA supports a new era of residential aged care pricing advice
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has for the first time provided the Commonwealth Government (the Government) with advice on the pricing of residential aged care services for older Australians.
Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2023‒24
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The Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services (the Pricing Framework) is updated annually.
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Hospital Report 2021–22
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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. The National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Data Request Specifications (DRS) contain detailed guidance regarding the NHCDC Private Sector 2021-22 data.
Urgency Related Groups
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The Urgency Related Groups (URG) classification was implemented as an interim measure by the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) to classify emergency department episodes from 1 July 2012.
Urgency Disposition Groups
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The Urgency Disposition Groups (UDG) classification was implemented by the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) to classify emergency services from 1 July 2012.
Australian Emergency Care Classification
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The Australian Emergency Care Classification (AECC) has three hierarchical levels which represent how the classification groups emergency department presentations into end classes.
General Use Items Bundling Tool
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The General Use Items (GUI) Bundling Tool enables users to enter historical Prostheses List billing-code utilisation data and apply the GUI bundles defined in IHACPA’s Supplementary advice on Bundling Arrangements for General Use Items on the Prostheses List – April 2022.
Mental Health Phase of Care Guide
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This document provides information for clinicians to enable them to assess phases accurately when applying the mental health phase of care concept.
AMHCC User Manual
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This user manual provides background to the development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) Version 1.0. It also explains the structure, data elements and collection protocols, reporting requirements, and how the data is grouped.Due to no structural changes to the AMHCC Version 1.1, the AMHCC User Manual can be used together with the Reference to Changes to understand the features impacted by AMHCC Version 1.1.