The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has appointed consulting firm Taylor Fry on a $655,000 contract to independently validate its aged care pricing advice – continuing IHACPA’s long-standing annual quality-assurance practice.
Under the agreement, Taylor Fry must produce draft and final reports – and supplementary papers if requested by Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing Mark Butler – assessing whether IHACPA’s calculations are “appropriate and fit for purpose,” with detailed recommendations provided in the finals.
“To ensure that methodological decisions are implemented correctly and as intended, IHACPA engages an independent party to undertake validation and quality assurance of the pricing models,” IHACPA told The Weekly SOURCE.
Delivered so far
- Short report – Support at Home Pricing Advice 2025-26 (Feb 2025)
- Short report – Draft Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025-26 (Mar 2025)
- Short report – Final Residential Aged Care Pricing Advice 2025-26 (Jun 2025)
- Final QA recommendations – Support at Home 2025-26 (Jul 2025)
- Final QA recommendations – Residential 2025-26 (Jul 2025)
Still to come (by mid-2026)
- Final QA recommendations – Support at Home 2025–26 (Nov 2025)
- Short report – Residential Pricing Advice (first) 2025–26 (Nov 2025)
- Short report – Residential Pricing Advice (second) 2025–26 (Feb 2026)
- Final QA recommendations – Residential 2025–26 (Jun 2026)
IHACPA seeks stakeholder feedback annually on its pricing advice for Support at Home and residential aged care. Industry responses routinely raise material issues – among them the late release of advice relative to provider planning cycles and whether pricing allows a reasonable margin.
Find the tender details here.
