(d) to determine adjustments to the national efficient price to reflect legitimate 1, 2 and unavoidable variations in the costs of delivering health care services; (e) to determine data requirements and data standards to apply in relation to 4 data to be provided by States and Territories, including: (i) data and coding standards to support uniform provision of data; and (ii) requirements and standards relating to patient demographic characteristics and other information relevant to classifying, costing and paying for public hospital functions; (f) except where otherwise agreed between the Commonwealth and a State or 1 Territory—to determine the public hospital functions that are to be funded in the State or Territory by the Commonwealth; (g) to publish a report setting out the national efficient price for the coming year 1, 2, 6 and any other information that would support the efficient funding of public hospitals; (h) to advise the Commonwealth, the states and the territories in relation to 1, 2 funding models for hospitals; (i) to provide confidential advice to the Commonwealth, the States and the 5 Territories in relation to the costs of providing health care services in the future; (j) such functions as are conferred on the Pricing Authority by Part 4.3 of this 8 Act (cost-shifting disputes and cross-border disputes); (k) to publish (whether on the internet or otherwise) reports and papers relating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, to its functions; 6, 8 (l) to call for and accept, on an annual public submissions in relation to the The Annual functions set out in paragraphs (a) to (f); Work Program (m) such functions (if any) as are specified in a written instrument given by the As required, Minister to the Chair of the Pricing Authority with the agreement of COAG; 5(e) (n) to do anything incidental to or conducive to the performance of any of the 7 above functions. Others as required
(d) to determine adjustments to the national efficient price to reflect legitimate and unavoidable variations in the costs of delivering health care services; 1, 2 (e) to determine data requirements and data standards to apply in relation to data to be provided by States and Territories, including: (i) data and coding standards to support uniform provision of data; and (ii) requirements and standards relating to patient demographic characteristics and other information relevant to classifying, costing and paying for public hospital functions; 4 (f) except where otherwise agreed between the Commonwealth and a State or Territory—to determine the public hospital functions that are to be funded in the State or Territory by the Commonwealth; 1 (g) to publish a report setting out the national efficient price for the coming year and any other information that would support the efficient funding of public hospitals; 1, 2, 6 (h) to advise the Commonwealth, the states and the territories in relation to funding models for hospitals; 1, 2 (i) to provide confidential advice to the Commonwealth, the States and the Territories in relation to the costs of providing health care services in the future; 5 (j) such functions as are conferred on the Pricing Authority by Part 4.3 of this Act (cost-shifting disputes and cross-border disputes); 8 (k) to publish (whether on the internet or otherwise) reports and papers relating to its functions; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 (l) to call for and accept, on an annual public submissions in relation to the functions set out in paragraphs (a) to (f); The Annual Work Program (m) such functions (if any) as are specified in a written instrument given by the Minister to the Chair of the Pricing Authority with the agreement of COAG; As required, 5(e) (n) to do anything incidental to or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions. 7 Others as required