Who we are and what we do
The National Health Funding Body and the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool were established through the National Health Reform Agreement of August 2011.
The agency
The NHFB is an independent agency with 21 staff that support the Administrator to oversee the administration of Commonwealth, State and Territory public hospital funding and payments under the NHR Agreement. The NHFB operates as a Commonwealth non–corporate entity under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) and is funded as a micro agency under the Commonwealth Department of Health Portfolio.