Some of the key achievements from IHPA’s Work Program for 2018–19 include:

March

• National Efficient Price and National Efficient Cost Determinations for 2019–20 published
• National Hospital Cost Data Collection, Public Hospital Cost Report, Round 21 (financial year 2016–17) published

April

• Three Year Data Plan 2019–20 to 2021–22 published
• Development work on Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group Version 10.0 completed

May

• Activity Based Funding Conference 2019
• Consultation on IHPA’s draft Work Program 2019–20
• National Hospital Cost Data Collection, Private Hospital Cost Report, Round 21 (financial year 2016–17) published
• Consultation on the non-admitted care costing study data collection

June

• Consultation on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2020–21
• IHPA’s Work Program 2019–20 published
• The first version of the new Australian Emergency Care Classification finalised

July

• Australian Teaching and Training Classification Version 1.0 implemented

November

• Development work on the Australian Modification of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases Eleventh Edition completed

December

• Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2019–20 published