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Improving the transparency of public hospital funding in Australia

To support the obligations and responsibilities of the Administrator through best practice administration of public hospital funding.
 

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Calculations
See how contributions are calculated and payments reconciled.
Payments
Explore how funding payments are managed and processed.
Reporting
Discover our reporting approach for funding, payments, and activity.
Funding reports
Access public hospital funding reports from 2013 to today.

Our impact in 2024–25

We administered over $77.1 BILLION in public hospital funding and delivered more than 46 MILLION public hospital services across Australia, working in partnership with states and territories.

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Featured publications

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NHFB Corporate Plan 2025–26
Sets our strategic direction for the next four years and outlines the activities we will undertake to achieve our purpose.
NHFB Annual Report 2024–25
Details the activities of the National Health Funding Body from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.
National Health Funding Pool Annual Report 2024–25
Provides an overview of the Administrator’s work during 2024–25, including combined and individual State and Territory Pool Accounts.

Our strategic priorities

Strategic direction for the NHFB

Our strategic direction

The Strategic direction 2025-2029 highlights our five key objectives, our values and our behaviours as we strive to achieve our vision of improving transparency of public hospital funding in Australia.

Our key objectives:

  • Accurate and timely calculation of Commonwealth funding contributions
  • Best-practice financial administration of the National Health Funding Pool
  • Effective reporting of public hospital funding
  • Productive relationships with stakeholders and partners
  • Operate as a high-performing organisation
Risk tolerance statement for the NHFB

Our risk tolerance

Our risk tolerance levels across our five key objectives are highlighted below. Tolerance levels are based on the supporting business function, together with the potential cost and/or the benefit of engaging with risk to improve our decision-making ability.

Our key objectives:

  • Calculations
  • Payments
  • Reporting
  • Stakeholders
  • Organisation
Our behaviours at the NHFB

Our behaviours

Our shared behaviours help us work together effectively and achieve our objectives.

Behaviours:

  • One NHFB
  • Enhance trust
  • Open communication
  • Own it
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