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Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2019–21
7 April 2020There are three key publications that support the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Classification.
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2020–21
5 December 2019The Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2020-21 (the Pricing Framework) is the key strategic document underpinning the National Efficient Price (NEP) and National Efficient Cost (NEC) Determinations for the financial year 2020-21.
IHPA has issued the Pricing Framework prior to releasing the NEP20 and NEC20 Determinations, which will be publicly available in March 2020, with the intention of providing an additional layer of transparency and accountability.
Value-based health care
3 December 2019There is a growing discussion in Australia and internationally about the need to increase focus on delivering value-based health care with a focus on patient outcomes and experience.
IHPA’s Pricing Guidelines and the National Health Reform Agreement include provisions for IHPA to consider the impact on its work of evidence‑based, effective new technologies and innovations in models of health care.
IHPA Work Program 2019–20
27 June 2019As prescribed in Section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011, the objectives of the IHPA Work Program are to:
Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2018-19
18 June 2019There are three key publications that support the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Classification.
Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Definitions Manual: This document provides the structural overview of the classification and the definition of each of the Tier 2 classes.
Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2016-18
18 June 2019Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2015-16
18 June 2019Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2014-15
18 June 2019Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2013-14
18 June 2019Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2012-13
18 June 2019Report for the counting, costing and classifying of Non-Admitted Multidisciplinary Case Conferences (MDCCs) where patient is not present
17 May 2017IHPA commissioned a study of the counting, costing and classifying of multidisciplinary case conferences (MDCCs) for non-admitted patients, when the patient is not present. MDCCs have become a more common and important aspect of clinical care. The increasing complexity and specialisation in health care has driven the need for more formalised mechanisms for multidisciplinary collaboration.
IHPA Work Program 2016–17
27 June 2016As prescribed in Section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 (the Act), the objectives of the IHPA Work Program are to:
- set out IHPA’s work program for the coming year; and
- invite interested persons (including states and territories) to make submissions to the Pricing Authority about the work program up to 30 days after publication.
An extract of Section 225 of the Act is attached at Appendix 1
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2016-17
8 June 2016The Pricing Framework 2016-17 builds on the Pricing Frameworks from previous years (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16). For simplicity, where IHPA has reaffirmed a previous principle, the supporting argument has not been restated in this year’s paper.