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  • Consultation Paper on the Pricing Approach for the Support at Home Service List 2025–26

    The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) invites you to have your say on the Consultation Paper on the Pricing Approach for the Support at Home Service List 2025–26. The Australian Government’s Support at Home program will combine existing in-home aged care services into a single, simplified program designed to assist older people to live independently at home for longer. The program will replace the Home Care Packages Program and... More
    Closed 25 October 2024

  • NDIS Pricing Reform - Online Submission

    The government has asked IHACPA to undertake initial work in 2024-25 to identify opportunities for future reforms to National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) pricing functions. This is in response to recommendations of the NDIS Review and recognises our expertise in health and aged care pricing. More
    Opened 20 September 2024

  • Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2025–26

    The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) invites everyone with an interest in residential aged care to provide feedback on our development of pricing and costing advice. In our Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2025–26 , you can have your say across a range of topics. This year’s focus areas include: Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) branching structure and funding model... More
    Closed 20 September 2024

  • Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2025–26

    IHACPA released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2025–26. The public consultation was open from Wednesday 8 May 2024 to Friday 7 June 2024. The Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services is revised and published each year. It outlines the policies that underpin the national efficient price and the national efficient cost determinations for the next financial year. We invite all interested parties to take... More
    Closed 7 June 2024

  • IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2024–25

    The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the draft IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2024–25. Key activities proposed in the draft plan include: developing a work plan and commencing a review of all pricing model adjustments, including the paediatric and intensive care unit adjustments and eligibility criteria. reviewing the appropriateness of price harmonisation of admitted and... More
    Closed 17 April 2024

  • Development of ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Thirteenth Edition and AR-DRG Version 12.0

    The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) released its consultation paper on the development ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Thirteenth Edition and AR-DRG Version 12.0 from Thursday 2 November 2023 to Friday 1 December 2023. The consultation paper outlines the major changes for the following classifications used in admitted acute care: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification... More
    Closed 1 December 2023

  • Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25

    The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25 (the Consultation Paper) from 17 July to 31 August 2023. Stakeholder submissions to the Consultation Paper inform the development of IHACPA’s Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25 (the Pricing Framework). The Pricing Framework underpins the way IHACPA develops its... More
    Closed 31 August 2023

  • Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2024–25

    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. IHACPA’s Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services is revised and published each year. It outlines the principles, scope and methodology adopted by IHACPA to determine the national efficient price and the national... More
    Closed 14 July 2023

  • IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2023–24

    The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the draft IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2023–24. On 12 August 2022, amendments to the National Health Reform Act 2011 came into effect, changing the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s name to the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority and expanding its role to include the provision of aged care costing and pricing advice to the... More
    Closed 7 April 2023

  • Towards an Aged Care Pricing Framework Consultation Paper

    The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) released its Towards an Aged Care Pricing Framework Consultation Paper (the Consultation Paper) for public consultation from Tuesday 16 August 2022 to Friday 14 October 2022. IHACPA will provide independent aged care costing and pricing advice to the Commonwealth Government (Government). This aims to ensure that Government aged care funding is directly informed by the actual costs of delivering care. IHACPA’s advice... More
    Closed 14 October 2022

  • Consultation Paper on Bundling Arrangements for General Use Items on the Prostheses List

    The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) released its Consultation Paper on Bundling Arrangements for General Use Items on the Prostheses List for public consultation from 14 September to 12 October 2022. In December 2022, IHACPA provided the Department with Advice on Bundling Arrangements for General Use Items on the Prostheses List . If required, IHACPA will provide the Department with supplementary information in April 2023 to assist with the interpretation... More
    Closed 12 October 2022

  • Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2023–24

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2023–24 for public consultation from Wednesday 8 June 2022 to Friday 8 July 2022. IHPA’s Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services is revised and published each year. It outlines the principles, scope and methodology adopted by IHPA to determine the national efficient price and the national efficient cost for Australian... More
    Closed 8 July 2022

  • ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition

    ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition, was implemented between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2022 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services. The ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS classification system is comprised of the following classifications: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) Australian... More
    Closed 30 June 2022

  • IHPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2022–23

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the Draft IHPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2022–23. This consultation was open from 2 March to 1 April 2022. All submissions will be published on IHPA's website unless respondents specifically identified sections that they believed should be kept confidential due to commercial or other reasons. The consultation paper and received submissions are attached below in the... More
    Closed 1 April 2022

  • Consultation Paper on a Methodology for Determining the Benchmark Price for Prostheses in Australian Public Hospitals

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s (IHPA) primary function is to calculate and deliver an annual national efficient price of public hospital services. The 2021–22 Federal Budget, released in May 2021, included a measure to modernise and improve the private health insurance Prostheses List. Under this measure, the Department of Health will implement reforms in conjunction with IHPA to reduce the cost of medical devices used in the private health sector and streamline... More
    Closed 1 October 2021

  • Assessment of New Health Technologies 2021–22

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s (IHPA) core function is the pricing of public hospital services. IHPA’s Pricing Guidelines recognise that the 'Pricing of public hospital services should respond in a timely way to introduction of evidence-based, effective new technology and innovations in the models of care that improve patient outcomes'. Accounting for new health technologies IHPA has developed the Impact of New Health Technology Framework (the Framework) to... More
    Closed 27 August 2021

  • Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2022–23

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2022–23. Public consultation was open from Wednesday 9 June 2021 to Friday 9 July 2021. IHPA’s Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services is revised and published each year. It outlines the principles, scope and methodology adopted by IHPA to determine the national efficient price and the national efficient cost for... More
    Closed 9 July 2021

  • Development of the admitted care classifications

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released a public consultation paper outlining the major changes for the following classifications used in admitted care: Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) Version 11.0 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) Twelfth Edition Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) Twelfth Edition Australian... More
    Closed 22 June 2021

  • Draft Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 5.0

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released a public consultation paper to outline the proposed fifth version of the Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification (AN-SNAP V5). IHPA invited all interested parties to provide feedback on the changes proposed for AN-SNAP V5 from Monday 12 April to 12pm AEST on Monday 10 May 2021. 15 submissions were received during the public consultation process, these can be viewed below in the 'Related' section. More
    Closed 10 May 2021

  • IHPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2021–22

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the Draft IHPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2021–22. This consultation closed on Friday 9 April 2021. All submissions have been published on IHPA's website unless respondents specifically identified sections that they believed should be kept confidential due to commercial or other reasons. The consultation paper and received submissions are attached below in the... More
    Closed 9 April 2021

  • Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2021–22

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2021–22. Public consultation was open from Wednesday 9 September to 5pm AEDT Friday 9 October 2020. IHPA’s Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services is revised and published each year. It outlines the principles, scope and methodology adopted by IHPA to determine the National Efficient Price (NEP) and the National Efficient... More
    Closed 9 October 2020

  • Assessment of new health technologies 2020–21

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s (IHPA) core function is the pricing of public hospital services. IHPA’s Pricing Guidelines recognise that the 'Pricing of public hospital services should respond in a timely way to introduction of evidence-based, effective new technology and innovations in the models of care that improve patient outcomes.' Accounting for new health technologies IHPA's core function is the pricing of public hospital services. IHPA’s Pricing... More
    Closed 2 October 2020

  • IHPA Work Program 2020–21

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the draft IHPA Work Program 2020–21. All submissions have been published on IHPA's website unless respondents specifically identified any sections that they believed should be kept confidential due to commercial or other reasons. The consultation paper and received submissions are attached below in the 'Related' section. More
    Closed 1 March 2020

  • Assessment of new health technologies 2019–20

    IHPA's core function is the pricing of public hospital services. IHPA’s Pricing Guidelines recognise that the "pricing of public hospital services should respond in a timely way to the introduction of evidence-based, effective new health technology and innovations in models of care that improve patient outcomes." Accounting for new health technologies While IHPA was not established to take on a major technology evaluation role, it does partially account for the adoption of new... More
    Closed 4 October 2019

  • Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2020-21

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2020–21. Public consultation was open from Friday 14 June to 5:00pm Monday 15 July 2019. IHPA’s Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services is revised and published each year. It outlines the principles, scope and methodology adopted by IHPA to determine the National Efficient Price Determination and the National Efficient... More
    Closed 15 July 2019

  • Non-admitted care costing study - data collection

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) is currently developing a new classification for non-admitted care - the Australian Non-Admitted Care Classification (ANACC) - in response to the recommendations of public consultations in 2013 and 2014 on non-admitted care classification. To inform the classification, IHPA needs more detailed and accurate costs than those currently available through routine national collections. A study of the costs of non-admitted care is required to... More
    Closed 24 May 2019

  • IHPA Work Program 2019-20

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the draft IHPA Work Program 2019-20. All submissions have been published on IHPA's website unless respondents specifically identified any sections that they believed should be kept confidential due to commercial or other reasons. The consultation paper and received submissions are attached below in the 'Related' section. More
    Closed 1 March 2019

  • Assessment of new health technologies 2018–19

    IHPA's core function is the pricing of public hospital services. IHPA’s Pricing Guidelines recognise that the "pricing of public hospital services should respond in a timely way to the introduction of evidence-based, effective new health technology and innovations in models of care that improve patient outcomes." Accounting for new health technologies While IHPA was not established to take on a major technology evaluation role, it does partially account for the adoption of new... More
    Closed 21 September 2018

  • Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2019-20

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released its Consultation paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2019-20. Public consultation was open from Tuesday, 12 June 2018 to 5:00PM Thursday, 12 July 2018. IHPA’s Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services is revised and published each year. It outlines the principles, scope and methodology adopted by IHPA to determine the National Efficient Price (NEP) and the National Efficient... More
    Closed 12 July 2018

  • Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) Version 10.0 classification consultation

    The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) released a public consultation paper (11 May to 8 June 2018) to seek stakeholder views on proposed refinements to the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) classification for Version 10.0. All submissions have been published on IHPA’s website unless respondents specifically requested they be kept confidential due to commercial or other reasons. Submissions can be found in the 'Related' section below. We... More
    Closed 8 June 2018
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