Basis for National Health Reform payments – Western Australia 2014-15

The basis used to determine NHR payments to LHNs in Western Australia is as follows:

The 2014-15 annual funding allocations have been developed using the Western Australian Activity-Based Funding program methodology. Activity profiles have been developed consistent with the Western Australia Health clinical services framework. The funding allocations include activity based services, block funded services and specified programs.

The national ABF classifications and associated price weights including all of the adjustments (Specialised Paediatric, Rural/remote, Indigenous, ICU and private patient) have been used to define Activity-Based Funding profiles.

The State Transitioning Price, calculated using a methodology more closely aligned to the National ABF framework, provide a more transparent basis for comparing the cost of delivering hospital services in Western Australia against the national cost benchmark (Projected Average Cost (PAC)). The gap between the total price of all hospital activity funded at the State Transition Price and the total cost of all hospital activity funded at the PAC, is called the Community Service Subsidy (CSS) payment.

Block Funding is based on budget to budget build from the previous year using State Government funding parameters consistent with the State budget.

The payments disclosed in the FSH and South Metropolitan Health Service reflect funding allocations between these LHNs reported to the Administrator by Western Australia Health.