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 at 1 May 2022
Number
Facility
Proprietor
1
Epping Private HospitalÂ
HealtheCare Epping Pty Ltd
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As at 13 April 2022
Number
Facility
Proprietor
1
Epping Private Hospital
HealtheCare Epping Pty Ltd
2
Epworth CamberwellÂ
Epworth Health Care
3
Epworth Eastern (3 campuses)
Epworth Health Care
4
Epworth Freemasons (2 campuses)
Epworth Health Care
5
Epworth Geelong
Epworth Health Care
6
Epworth Hawthorn
Epworth Health Care
7
Epworth Rehabilitation Brighton
Epworth Health Care
8
Epworth Richmond
Epworth Health Care
9
St Vincents East Melbourne
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
10
St Vincents Fitzroy
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
11
St Vincents Kew
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
12
St Vincents WerribeeÂ
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
13
St John of God Ballarat Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
14
St John of God Bendigo Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
15
St John of God Berwick HospitalÂ
St John of God Health Care Inc
16
St John of God Day Berwick Oncology Centre
St John of God Health Care Inc
17
St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
18
St John of God Geelong Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
19
St John of God Warrnambool Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
20
St John of God Pinelodge Clinic
St John of God Health Care Inc
21
Bellbird Private Hospital
Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd
22
Dorset Rehabilitation Centre
Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd
23
North Eastern Rehabilitation Centre
Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd
24
The Victorian Rehabilitation CentreÂ
Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd
25
Mildura Health Private Hospital
Mildura District Hospital Fund Ltd
26
Jessie McPherson Private Hospital
Kitaya Holdings Pty Ltd
27
Maryvale Private Hospital
Maryvale Private Hospital Pty Ltd
28
The Bays Hospital
The Bays Healthcare Group Inc
29
Western Private Hospital
Stanlake Private Hospital Pty Ltd
30
Euroa Health IncÂ
Euroa Health Inc
31
Neerim District Health Service
Neerim District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Inc
32
Melbourne IVFÂ
Virtus Health
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As at 8 March 2022
Number
Facility
Proprietor
1
Cabrini Brighton
Cabrini Health Limited
2
Cabrini Malvern (2 campuses)
Cabrini Health Limited
3
Cabrini Prahran
Cabrini Health Limited
4
Epworth Camberwell
Epworth Health Care
5
Epworth Eastern (3 campuses)
Epworth Health Care
6
Epworth Freemasons (2 campuses)
Epworth Health Care
7
Epworth Geelong
Epworth Health Care
8
Epworth Hawthorn
Epworth Health Care
9
Epworth Rehabilitation Brighton
Epworth Health Care
10
Epworth Richmond
Epworth Health Care
11
Euroa Health Inc
Euroa Health Inc
12
Epping Private HospitalÂ
HealtheCare Epping Pty Ltd
13
Mulgrave Private Hospital
HealtheCare Surgical
14
Werribee Endoscopy
HealtheCare Surgical
15
Sydenham Endoscopy
HealtheCare Surgical
16
Altona Endoscopy
HealtheCare Surgical
17
Dorset Rehabilitation Centre
Healthscope Australian Hospital Care (Dorset) Pty Ltd ATF the Dorset Private Hospital Unit Trust
18
Bellbird Private Hospital
Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd
19
North Eastern Rehabilitation Centre
Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd
20
The Victorian Rehabilitation Centre
HealthscopeThe Victorian Rehabilitation Centre P/L
21
Jessie McPherson Private Hospital
Kitaya Holdings Pty Ltd
22
Maryvale Private Hospital
Maryvale Private Hospital Pty Ltd
23
Mildura Health Private Hospital
Mildura District Hospital Fund Ltd
24
Monash House Private Hospital
Monash House Private Hospital Pty Ltd
25
Neerim District Health Service
Neerim District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Inc
26
St John of God Ballarat Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
27
St John of God Bendigo Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
28
St John of God Berwick Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
29
St John of God Day Berwick Oncology Centre
St John of God Health Care Inc
30
St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
31
St John of God Geelong Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
32
St John of God Warrnambool Hospital
St John of God Health Care Inc
33
St John of God Pinelodge Clinic
St John of God Health Care Inc
34
St Vincents East Melbourne
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
35
St Vincents Fitzroy
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
36
St Vincents Kew
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
37
St Vincents Werribee
St Vincents Private Hospitals Ltd
38
Western Private Hospital
Stanlake Private Hospital Pty Ltd
39
The Bays Hospital
The Bays Healthcare Group Inc
40
Wyndham Clinic Private Hospital
The Trustee for Wyndham Clinic Unit Trust
41
Victorian Centre for Mental Health
Victorian Centre for Mental Health Pty Ltd
42
Melbourne IVF
Virtus Health
43
Western Gastroenterology Services
Western Gastroenterology Services Pty Ltd
Reviewed 06 May 2022