All participants are reminded that the deadline for submission of data for the fourth quarter of 2012 is 15 February 2013. Although it will be possible to submit data after…
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Medication Safety Issue 9
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care released a new issue of Medication safety in January that covers: NSQHS Standards and accreditation support Private hospital NIMC long…
Private NHCDC Collection Round 16 – Extension of deadline
The NHCDC Team has advised that to date they have received the submissions for approximately 65% of separations from private hospitals to enable them to publish a Round 16 costing…
Private Healthcare Australia PHI Rebate Campaign Launched
PHA has placed an advertisement in all major Metropolitan dailies around Australia informing the general public about the impact on all Australians of the Federal Government’s means-testing and planned further…
Training for Educators Using Simulation in Clinical Education
Health Workforce Australia has funded training for educators who use any form of simulation in clinical education. This is provided through the NHET-Sim program (see http://www.nhet-sim.edu.au/) being delivered through Monash…
Annual Data Reports Published This Week
The HCP Annual Report 2010-2011 and PHDB 2011-12 Annual Report have been released on the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) website. These reports include data received from private health…
APHA Response to Competition in the Australian Private Health Insurance Market
In its response to the discussion paper released by PHIAC in November 2012, APHA has emphasised that Second Arrangements, sometimes erroneously regarded as a floor pricing mechanism, provide protection for…
Chemotherapy Cuts
On 1 December 2012, the Australian Government is planning to cut subsidies on several chemotherapy drugs and as a result this may have an impact on both the patients that…
Mental Health Week 2012
Nearly 200 private hospitals around the country have marked Mental Health Week with displays, staff events, community talks, ad campaigns and many more activities. APHA has been proud to coordinate and provide campaign materials for hospitals over the week and have had lots of people check out our Facebook page and quiz. Our Mental Health Week Facebook advertising was seen by more than 400,000 people across Australia in just one week.