Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the performance of its functions under section 226 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 - No. 2/2016 (Cth)

Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the performance of its functions under section 226 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 - No. 2/2016

I, GREG HUNT, Minister for Health, acting under subsection 226(1) of the National Health Reform Act 2011 (the Act), having consulted with the Standing Council on Health, DIRECT that in relation to the performance of its functions and exercise of its powers the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority undertake the functions set out in Item 1 of the Schedule to this instrument and have regard to the matters set out in Item 2 of the Schedule to this instrument.

Dated: 16 February 2017

GREG HUNT Minister for Health

Contents

PART 1 PRELIMINARY 3

1 Name of Direction 3 2. Commencement 3 3. Authority 3 4. Definition 3 5. Schedule 3

Schedule 4

Part 1 Preliminary

1. Name of Direction

This Instrument is the Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the performance of its functions under section 226 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 - No. 2/2016.

2. Commencement

This Direction takes effect on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3. Authority

This Direction is made under section 226 of the National Health Reform Act 2011.

4. Definition

In this Direction:

Act means the National Health Reform Act 2011.

avoidable hospital readmission means readmission to hospital for a condition or conditions arising from complications of the management of the condition for which the patient was originally admitted.

hospital acquired complication means a hospital acquired patient complication, as defined by the national list developed, and amended from time to time, by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care[1], for which clinical risk mitigation strategies may reduce (but not necessarily eliminate) the risk of that complication occurring.