In 2020, the Commonwealth of Australia and the States and Territories (the States) entered into the National Partnership Agreement (NPA) to provide financial assistance to the states COVID-19 pandemic response. The NPA covers the costs associated with utilising Private Health Service Providers to treat non COVID-19 and COVID-19 patients during the pandemic and includes guaranteeing the viability of private hospitals, to retain capacity for responding to COVID-19 and enable them to resume operations at the end of the pandemic.
The Victorian Department of Health (previously the Department of Health and Human Services) entered into a Private Hospital Funding Agreement (PHFA) with selected Private Hospital Operators (Operators) which sets out required obligations as well as principles of revenue and recoverable costs that Operators are to apply in demonstrating payments required to maintain their minimum viability consistent with funding principles under the NPA.Â
Effective 1 October 2021, the PHFA is the sole funding mechanism for public patients treated in private hospitals that have signed up to participate in the PHFA. The PHFA supersedes all other contract arrangements in place between public hospitals and private hospital providers.
List of operators currently in the PHFA
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As of 01 October 2022
All operators exit the PHFA on 30 September 2022.
Number
Facility
Proprietor
0
Nil
Nil
-
As at 29 August 2022
Number
Facility
Proprietor
1
Bellbird Private Hospital
Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd
2
Cabrini Brighton
Cabrini Health Limited
3
Cabrini Malvern (2 campuses)
Cabrini Health Limited
4
Cabrini Prahran
Cabrini Health Limited
5
Epping Private HospitalÂ
HealtheCare Epping Pty Ltd
6
Epworth Camberwell
Epworth Health Care
7
Epworth Eastern (3 campuses)
Epworth Health Care
8
Epworth Freemasons (2 campuses)
Epworth Health Care
9
Epworth Geelong
Epworth Health Care
10
Epworth Hawthorn
Epworth Health Care
11
Epworth Rehabilitation Brighton
Epworth Health Care
12
Epworth Richmond
Epworth Health Care
13
Jessie McPherson Private Hospital
Kitaya Holdings Pty Ltd
14
Maryvale Private Hospital
Maryvale Private Hospital Pty Ltd
15
Mildura Health Private Hospital
Mildura District Hospital Fund Ltd
16
Neerim District Health Service
Neerim District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Inc
17
St John of God Ballarat Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
18
St John of God Bendigo Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
19
St John of God Berwick Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
20
St John of God Day Berwick Oncology Centre
St John of God Health Care Inc
21
St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
22
St John of God Geelong Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
23
St John of God Pinelodge Clinic
St John of God Health Care Inc
24
St John of God Warrnambool Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
25
St Vincents East Melbourne
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
26
St Vincents Fitzroy
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
27
St Vincents Kew
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
28
St Vincents Werribee
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
29
The Bays Hospital
The Bays Healthcare Group Inc
30
Western Private Hospital
Stanlake Private Hospital Pty Ltd
-
As at 12 August 2022
Number
Facility
Proprietor
1
Bellbird Private Hospital
Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd
2
Cabrini Brighton
Cabrini Health Limited
3
Cabrini Malvern (2 campuses)
Cabrini Health Limited
4
Cabrini Prahran
Cabrini Health Limited
5
Epping Private HospitalÂ
HealtheCare Epping Pty Ltd
6
Epworth Camberwell
Epworth Health Care
7
Epworth Eastern (3 campuses)
Epworth Health Care
8
Epworth Freemasons (2 campuses)
Epworth Health Care
9
Epworth Geelong
Epworth Health Care
10
Epworth Hawthorn
Epworth Health Care
11
Epworth Rehabilitation Brighton
Epworth Health Care
12
Epworth Richmond
Epworth Health Care
13
Frankston Private Hospital
Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd
14
Jessie McPherson Private Hospital
Kitaya Holdings Pty Ltd
15
Maryvale Private Hospital
Maryvale Private Hospital Pty Ltd
16
Mildura Health Private Hospital
Mildura District Hospital Fund Ltd
17
Neerim District Health Service
Neerim District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Inc
18
St John of God Ballarat Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
19
St John of God Bendigo Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
20
St John of God Berwick Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
21
St John of God Day Berwick Oncology Centre
St John of God Health Care Inc
22
St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
23
St John of God Geelong Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
24
St John of God Pinelodge Clinic (2 campuses)
St John of God Health Care Inc
25
St John of God Warrnambool Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
26
St Vincents East Melbourne
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
27
St Vincents Fitzroy
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
28
St Vincents Kew
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
29
St Vincents Werribee
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
30
The Bays Hospital
The Bays Healthcare Group Inc
31
Western Private Hospital
Stanlake Private Hospital Pty Ltd
Reviewed 26 September 2022