The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority has commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers to run the National Hospital Cost Data Collection for stand-alone day hospitals. Day hospitals are invited to confirm their willingness to participate…
APHA Office Closed for Public Holidays
The APHA Secretariat will be closed for the following public holidays: Friday, 19 April for Good Friday Monday, 21 April 2014 for Easter Monday Friday, 25 April 2014 for Anzac…
Private Health Insurance Rebate and Medicare Levy Surcharge Income Thresholds For 2014-15
The income thresholds for the Australian Government Rebate on private health insurance (Rebate) and the Medicare levy surcharge (MLS) are indexed annually from 1 July in accordance with section 22(35)…
Joint Lead Managers Appointed for Medibank Private Sale
The Government has taken the next step in progressing the sale of Medibank Private by appointing three Joint Lead Managers for the sale: Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Australia Pty…
Nursing Home Type Patient Contribution Rate for Victoria
Nursing home type patient contribution rates have been updated to reflect the indexation applied to the Adult Pension Basic Rate and Maximum Daily Rate of Rental Assistance. For more information,…
Consultation: Draft National Strategies for Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections
The Department of Health has opened consultations on the Draft National Strategies for Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections until 2 May 2014. Related Documents: Second National Hepatitis B…
Corporations Legislation Amendment (Deregulatory and other measures) Bill 2014
A draft bill has been released for consultation that provides a package of repeal and streamlining amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001; to reduce compliance costs…
The Competition Policy Review Panel – Issue Paper
The Competition Policy Review Panel last week released its Issues Paper and will be open for submissions until 10 June 2014. For further information, please click here If you have issues that you…
ACHS New User Manuals Released
The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards has released user manuals on Infection Control and Gynaecology CI Sets. For further information, please click here.
New Version (version 1.11.0.1) of Check-It 2 Released
The Check-It 2 validation program has been updated and is available for download from the Department of Health’s website. This version is built to handle data submissions for the following…