Good afternoon,

Acknowledgement of receipt of Freedom of Information request.

I refer to your request received by the Independent Health and Aged Care
Pricing Authority on 22 June 2023 for access to documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). Your request is as follows:

 In 2022 the Department of Health engaged the, then, Independent Hospital
Pricing Authority (now, IHACPA) to provide advice to the private health
sector on alternative bundling arrangements for General Use Items on the
Prostheses List.

As part of this project, IHACPA created the IHACPA Prostheses List Reform
Working Group, held meetings of this group, held consultation meetings
with the wider private health sector, developed consultation papers,
drafted guidance, released a Microsoft Excel based 'bundling tool', and
updated their guidance to its final iteration, among other things.

Can you please advise the cost of IHACPA performing this General Use Item
Prostheses List Reform work? Please include all components such as pro
rata staff wages and salaries for time spent on this project.

The purpose of this correspondence is to formally acknowledge receipt of
your request for information under the FOI Act. Noting that the
information you have requested has not been published on the IHACPA
website and that it is not readily available to the public, your request
will be actioned under the provisions of the FOI Act.

Should IHACPA identify information that falls within your FOI request, it
is required to provide you with a decision on its release by 22 July 2023.
However, if the information you are requesting relates to a document
prepared by IHACPA with information from third parties, IHACPA may wish to
consult with relevant third parties in respect of your request. In which
case, IHACPA may choose to extend the time by which it is required to
comply to your request by 30 days to 22 August 2023 pursuant to section
15(6) of the FOI Act. IHACPA will notify you of this extension before 22
August 2023, if that is the case.

IHACPA has the discretion to impose or not impose a charge for providing
access. The charges applicable for processing an FOI request are fixed in
accordance with regulations made under the Freedom of Information Act
1982. You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request
before we process any requested documents or impose a final charge.

Unless you advise otherwise:

·       any draft and duplicate documents will be excluded from the scope
of your request, and

·       any public service employee names below Senior Executive Service
level and direct telephone numbers of all staff will be excluded from the
scope of your request under s22(1)(a)(ii) of the FOI Act.

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log
[1]https://www.ihacpa.gov.au/about-ihacpa/w...,
subject to certain exceptions. (For example, personal information will not
be published where this would be unreasonable.)

You can contact the FOI team via email at [2][email address] or
by phone on 02 8215 1100, should you have any questions.

FOI Officer

Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority
(02) 8215 1100 [3][email address]
Eora Nation, Level 12, [5]Independent Health
1 Oxford Street, Sydney, and Aged Care Pricing
[4]www.ihacpa.gov.au NSW, 2000 Authority logo
PO Box 483, Darlinghurst,
NSW, 1300

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Good afternoon

The purpose of this correspondence is to formally notify you that IHACPA
is required to consult with relevant third parties in respect of your
request.

Pursuant to section 15(6) of the FOI Act, IHACPA will be extending the
processing period to comply with FOI requirements a further 30 days to 22
August 2023.

You can contact the FOI team via email at [1][email address] or
by phone on 02 8215 1100, should you have any questions.

FOI Officer

Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority
(02) 8215 1100 [2][email address]
Eora Nation, Level 12, [4]Independent Health
1 Oxford Street, Sydney, and Aged Care Pricing
[3]www.ihacpa.gov.au NSW, 2000 Authority logo
PO Box 483, Darlinghurst,
NSW, 1300

"Important: This transmission is intended only for the use of the
addressee and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. 
If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use or
dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited.  If you
receive this transmission in error please notify the author immediately
and delete all copies of this transmission."

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Good afternoon

Please find attached correspondence to formally notify you of IHACPA’s
decision on your Freedom of Information Request.

You can contact the FOI team via email at [1][email address] or
by phone on 02 8215 1100, should you have any questions.

FOI Officer

Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority
(02) 8215 1100 [2][email address]
Eora Nation, Level 12, [4]Independent Health
1 Oxford Street, Sydney, and Aged Care Pricing
[3]www.ihacpa.gov.au NSW, 2000 Authority logo
PO Box 483, Darlinghurst,
NSW, 1300

"Important: This transmission is intended only for the use of the
addressee and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. 
If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use or
dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited.  If you
receive this transmission in error please notify the author immediately
and delete all copies of this transmission."

References

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4. https://ihacpa.gov.au/