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Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025–26
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IHACPA has released the Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025–26.The pricing advice informs Australian Government decisions on residential aged care funding from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026.
IHACPA releases Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025–26
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released the Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025–26.
Data Access and Release Policy Version 8.0
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) is responsible for relevant data collections to enable activity based funding, as prescribed by the National Health Reform Act 2011 (the NHR Act).
National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Sector Report 2022–23
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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.
New research opportunity: National Industry PhD Scholarship in Health Economics – Virtual care in Australia
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA), in partnership with the Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data at the University of Sydney, is proud to support a new National Industry PhD Scholarship focused on the future of virtual care in Australia.
IHACPA Strategic Plan 2025-30
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The IHACPA Strategic Plan 2025–30 sets out IHACPA’s ambitious vision for the future and the steps that will be taken to achieve its goals and objectives. It reflects the agency’s commitment to investing in people, strengthening relationships across the care economy and ensuring our evidence base is robust and effective.
High cost, highly specialised therapies
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IHACPA does not have a role in the decision-making processes that inform the inclusion of a highly specialised therapy in NHRA funding arrangements.
New Health Technologies
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IHACPA recognises the need for the pricing of public hospital services to respond in a timely manner to the introduction of new health technologies and innovations in models of care.
AR-DRG Version 12.0
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The Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) classification provides a clinically meaningful way to group together treatments and services provided for admitted acute episodes of care to enable hospitals to be funded for these services using activity based funding.
Aged care cost collection notices
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IHACPA collects data on the cost to provide aged care services across residential aged care and Sup
Public Interest Disclosures
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The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (the Act) is a legislative scheme for the reporting and investigation of allegations of serious wrongdoing in the Commonwealth public sector.
IHACPA calls on the aged care sector to help develop its residential aged care pricing advice
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released the Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2026–27.