4 Refinements to the standards in the AHPCS This Chapter considers how the existing standards may change, depending on which option is adopted with respect to the purpose of the AHPCS. It then suggests a few areas where new standards might be developed, based on the outcomes of the initial stakeholder consultations. 4.1 Table 4.1 enumerates all 37 standards in Version 3.1 of the AHPCS and makes a suggestion as to how they may change depending on whether the AHPCS remain as a combined document i.e. standards plus some business rules (Option 1), are refocussed as standards with a separate business rules document (Option 2) or are refocussed as business rules and not standards (Option 3). Table 4.1: Possible changes to the individual standards for AHPCS Version 4.0 depending on Option chosen for the purpose of the standards Number Name Purpose Standard Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 SCP 1.004 Hospital To ensure that all products produced by a Hospitals will allocate costs to all hospital Retain and refine to Retain and refine to Include in business Products in hospital are costed in the product costing products grouped into the categories: incorporate mental incorporate mental rules and refine to Scope process. Admitted patient products; health care type as health care type as incorporate mental product. product. health care type as Non-Admitted patient products; product. Emergency Department (ED) patient products; Teaching, Training and Research products; and Non-Patient products.
4 Refinements to the standards in the AHPCS This Chapter considers how the existing standards may change, depending on which option is adopted with respect to the purpose of the AHPCS. It then suggests a few areas where new standards might be developed, based on the outcomes of the initial stakeholder consultations. 4.1 Table 4.1 enumerates all 37 standards in Version 3.1 of the AHPCS and makes a suggestion as to how they may change depending on whether the AHPCS remain as a combined document i.e. standards plus some business rules (Option 1), are refocussed as standards with a separate business rules document (Option 2) or are refocussed as business rules and not standards (Option 3). Table 4.1: Possible changes to the individual standards for AHPCS Version 4.0 depending on Option chosen for the purpose of the standards Number Name Purpose Standard Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 SCP 1.004 Hospital Products in Scope To ensure that all products produced by a hospital are costed in the product costing process. Hospitals will allocate costs to all hospital products grouped into the categories: Admitted patient products; Non-Admitted patient products; Emergency Department (ED) patient products; Teaching, Training and Research products; and Non-Patient products. Retain and refine to incorporate mental health care type as product. Retain and refine to incorporate mental health care type as product. Include in business rules and refine to incorporate mental health care type as product.
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