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Data set specifications 2023–24
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) is responsible for determining relevant data set specifications to enable activity based funding. The specifications have been developed in collaboration with IHACPA’s committees and working groups.
ICD-10-AM and ACHI mapping tables
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IHACPA appoints new CEO Professor Michael Pervan
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof Michael Pervan as Chief Executive Officer, effective from Wednesday 1 February 2023.
MHPoC Education and Meeting Guides
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The meeting guide suggests clinician validated ways to bring a routine consideration of MHPoC into multi-disciplinary team meetings. The education guide promotes simple and effective ways to run education on Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC) within teams. These education materials contain clinical education tools to facilitate discussion of Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and MHPoC in existing meetings. These resources are part of a suite of educational material on the MHPoC. To learn more about the use and application of MHPoC, explore the collection of informative resources.
MHPoC Consumer Journey Maps
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This education tool contains different consumer journey maps and an education template to allow clinicians to create their own journeys relevant to consumers at their local service. These are illustrations of what Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC) looks like across a consumer’s journey and can be used as posters to raise awareness of MHPoC and to personalise and contextualise it. The journey maps can also be brought into education sessions and used as part of presentations. This resource is part of a suite of educational material on the MHPoC. To learn more about the use and application of MHPoC, explore the collection of informative resources.
AMHCC eLearning and presentation resources
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This resource is a PowerPoint presentation that can be used and adapted for local education presentations and can be incorporated into existing eLearning packages. The resource is intended to be used by clinicians, educators and managers and is inclusive of information slides, text screens and multiple choice questions. This resource is part of a suite of educational material on the Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC). To learn more about the use and application of MHPoC, explore the collection of informative resources.
AMHCC and MHPoC Information Fact Sheet
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This fact sheet provides an overview of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC). It includes a definition of each MHPoC and highlights that Assessment Only changed from a MHPoC to become an administrative data item. This change came into effect on 1 July 2022. This resource is part of a suite of educational material on the MHPoC. To learn more about the use and application of MHPoC, explore the collection of informative resources.
AMHCC and MHPoC Webinar Guide
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This resource comprises of a planning guide to run local training webinars for the Australian Mental Health Care Classification and Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC). The webinar guide outlines what MHPoC is, what its impact can be and what education resources are available. This resource is part of a suite of educational material on the MHPoC. To learn more about the use and application of MHPoC, explore the collection of informative resources.
MHPoC Application to Practice
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This video focuses on the application of the Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC) in clinical practice. This video has been filmed with several clinicians discussing their own experiences with MHPoC, discussing local application of MHPoC and clinical benefits. This resource is part of a suite of educational material on the MHPoC. To learn more about the use and application of MHPoC, explore the collection of informative resources.
An Overview of AMHCC and MHPoC
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This video is a short introduction to the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC) It aims to increase clinician awareness and effective use of the MHPoC. This video is for clinicians, consumers, families and carers to introduce the purpose of the AMHCC and MHPoC This resource is part of a suite of educational material on the MHPoC. To learn more about the use and application of MHPoC, explore the collection of informative resources.
AMHCC education materials
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In November 2021, Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) commenced the Mental Health Education Materials Development Project to develop nationally consistent education materials to assist clinicians in understanding the assessment and assignment of the Mental Health Pha
Online stakeholder forum on Prostheses List reforms — Advice
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) hosted an online stakeholder forum on 25 January 2023 to present its Advice on Bundling Arrangements for General Use Items on the Prostheses List.