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9 Dec 2025
APHA response to draft Private National Efficient Price

The Government's first cut at a PNEP is a mess, posing more problems than solutions. It is riddled with errors, false assumptions, omissions and drives a race to the bottom on lowest costs at the expense of quality healthcare...

31 Jul 2025
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement Review

Australia's private acute psychiatric hospitals treat patients with moderate-to-severe mental health issues - in all 61% of psychiatric hospitalisations. Private hospitals are integral to addressing suicide prevention. Our submission to the Review...
24 Jul 2025
Economic Reform Roundtable

The APHA's submission is informed by, and relates to, Treasury's five specific foci on creating a more dynamic and resilient economy, building skills and adaptability, harnessing data, and delivering quality care more efficiently...
23 Jul 2025
Draft CARE Telehealth Principles

The APHA supports efforts to make healthcare more accessible for Australians across all corners of the country - including rural, remote or underserved communities and believes that the advantages of telehealth to these communities cannot be overstated...

31 Jan 2025
Private Health Reform Options - Consultation Paper

Yet another consultation, after two years of extensive briefings. None of the measures flagged address the core issue affecting private hospital viability - the failure of private health insurers to pay hospitals in full...
28 Jan 2025
Private Hospital Data Collection Framework – Consultation Paper

The CEO Forum options are, at best, piecemeal. Even collectively they do not prevent more hospital closures or services from being shut down. There is nothing 'short-term' in delaying decisions by another six months...
1 Jan 2025
2025 Federal Budget Submission

The APHA's Budget Submission canvasses key initiatives to restore the viability of private hospitals left to languish by unscrupulous and profiteering health insurance companies...