Publications

The National Health Funding Body supports the obligations and responsibilities of the Administrator through best practice administration of public hospital funding.

Clause B102 of the National Health Reform Agreement requires the Administrator to publish details of Commonwealth, State and Territory compliance with the data requirements specified in the Administrator's Data Plan.

Clause B102 of the National Health Reform Agreement requires the Administrator to publish details of Commonwealth, State and Territory compliance with the data requirements specified in the Administrator's Data Plan.

Our Annual Report highlights our key achievements in 2020-21. We have measured our results against a range of performance criteria outlined in the Portfolio Budget Statements, our Strategic Direction and our Corporate Plan. We introduce our leadership team, provide details on how we support our workforce and explain our approach to governance. We also detail our financial performance, including our audited financial statements.

This Annual Report provides an overview of the role and work of the Administrator during 2020-21 and provides both the combined and individual State and Territory Pool Accounts for 2020-21.

This report should be read in conjunction with the National Health Funding Body Annual Report 2020-21.

The Strategic direction 2023-2027 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 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.

• Calculations
• Payments
• Reporting
• Stakeholders
• Organisation

The NHFB Corporate Plan 2021-22 sets our direction for the next four years and covers the strategy we will use to fulfil our purpose and drive our success in improving the transparency of public hospital funding in Australia.

The National Health Funding Body (NHFB) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has established the Audit and Risk Committee (the Committee) in compliance with section 45 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) and section 17 of the PGPA Rule - Audit Committee for Commonwealth entities (the Rule).