Governance Characteristics
Annual Report Requirements
Corporate Plan Requirements
Current Budget Characteristics
Outcome #1: Improve transparency of public hospital funding in Australia by supporting the obligations and responsibilities of the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool through best practice administration of public hospital funding
| # | Program | Body | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | National Health Funding Body Program 1.1 | National Health Funding Body (NHFB) | The NHFB supports the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool (the Administrator) in paying and reporting Commonwealth, state and territory funding for public hospital services ? responsible for more than $59 billion4 a year. The NHFB ensures payments from the National Health Funding Pool are made in accordance with directions from the responsible state or territory minister, and are in line with the National Health Reform (NHR) Agreement and the Addendum to the NHR Agreement. The NHFB also administers payments and reports on funding under the National Partnership on COVID-19 Response. |
| # | Program | Body | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Program 1.1 | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | AIHW works with other national bodies on a range of National Health Reform Agreement-related activities, including hospital performance reporting and funding. This includes assisting and working with the NHFB and the Administrator to ensure an accurate and consistent approach to the provision of transparent information on Commonwealth, state and territory funding of the health system. |
| 1.1 | Department of Health and Aged Care Program 1.1 | Department of Health and Aged Care | The Department of Health and Aged Care has policy responsibility for public and private hospital services, including the Commonwealth Government funding contribution for public hospital services. This includes policy responsibility for the Administrator and the NHFB. The Department of Health and Aged Care has lead responsibility for the integrity of health benefits claims and associated compliance activities. The Administrator and the NHFB will work with the Commonwealth, states and territories on data matching and the identification of potential duplicate payments through other Commonwealthfunded programs to ensure the same public hospital service is not funded twice. |
| 2.6 | Department of Health and Aged Care Program 2.6 | Department of Health and Aged Care | The Department of Health and Aged Care has policy responsibility for public and private hospital services, including the Commonwealth Government funding contribution for public hospital services. This includes policy responsibility for the Administrator and the NHFB. The Department of Health and Aged Care has lead responsibility for the integrity of health benefits claims and associated compliance activities. The Administrator and the NHFB will work with the Commonwealth, states and territories on data matching and the identification of potential duplicate payments through other Commonwealthfunded programs to ensure the same public hospital service is not funded twice. |
| 1.5 | Department of the Treasury Program 1.5 | Department of the Treasury | Treasury, on behalf of the Government, provides financial assistance to the states and territories to be spent in the delivery of health care services. Payments are transferred on the dates specified in the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations. |
| 1.1 | Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority Program 1.1 | Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority | IHACPA determines the National Efficient Price (NEP), the price applied to activity-based funded hospital services, and the National Efficient Cost (NEC), the price applied to block-funded hospital services. The NEP and the NEC serve as major determinants of the level of Commonwealth Government funding for public hospital services calculated by the Administrator. |