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Teaching, training and research
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) developed the Australian Teaching and Training Classification (ATTC) as a national classification for teaching and training activities which occur in public hospital services.
Emergency Care ICD-10-AM Principal Diagnosis Short List
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The Emergency Care International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) Principal Diagnosis Short List (EPD Short List) is a list of codes and medical terms based on the ICD-10-AM classification and aims to pro
Subacute and non-acute care
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Subacute care is defined as specialised multidisciplinary care in which the primary need for care is optimisation of the patient’s functioning and quality of life.
Mental health care
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Mental health care is care in which the primary clinical purpose or treatment goal is improvement in the symptoms and/or psychosocial, environmental and physical functioning related to a patient’s mental disorder.
AR-DRGs
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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.
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS
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NWAU calculators
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To assist in applying the annual national efficient price weights and adjustments, IHACPA has developed versions of the national weighted activity unit (NWAU) calculators described in the National Pricing Model Technical Specification.
National Efficient Price Determination
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Safety and quality
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In 2020, all Australian governments signed the Addendum to the National Health Reform Agreement 2020-25 (the Addendum).
Activity based funding
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How to classify COVID-19
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) provides guidance for classifying coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related activity across the admitted care, emergency department care and non-admitted care settings.
Pricing overview
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The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority's (IHACPA) key role is to determine the annual national efficient price (NEP) and