National Health Funding Body
NHFB
2012 – present
Statutory agency that supports the independent Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool in calculating, paying and publicly reporting Commonwealth, state and territory funding of public hospital services under the National Health Reform Agreement.
How it came into existence
Established in 2012 by the National Health Reform Amendment (Administrator and National Health Funding Body) Act 2012, which amended the National Health Reform Act 2011 to implement the 2011 National Health Reform Agreement by creating the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool and a funding body to support the Administrator.
Legislation: National Health Reform Act 2011
Changes during its life
- 18 September 2013Moved to the Health portfolio when the Department of Health and Ageing became the Department of Health.
- 1 July 2022Moved to the Health and Aged Care portfolio when the Department of Health became the Department of Health and Aged Care.
- 13 May 2025Moved to the Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio when the Department of Health and Aged Care became the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
Main functions
- Supporting the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool
- Calculating Commonwealth public hospital funding contributions
- Making payments from the National Health Funding Pool to local hospital networks
- Public reporting on public hospital funding
- Reconciliation of hospital activity and funding
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
- Type of body
- Non-corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Health, Disability and Ageing
- Accountable authority
- Funding Body CEO – National Health Reform Act 2011 section 251(2)(b)
- ABN
- 15 337 761 242
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance) (as National Health Funding Body (NHFB))
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to the latest release (30 June 2026))
Government records and websites
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