Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Services Act 1988 - SECT 18C

Functions of case mix auditors

18C. Functions of case mix auditors

The function of a case mix auditor is to determine whether the case mix
funding system is being effectively implemented by a public hospital or
denominational hospital by-

   (a)  monitoring funding under the case mix formulae; and

   (b)  detecting errors in the classification of patient data by random
        inspection of patient medical records; and

   (c)  assisting a public hospital or denominational hospital to identify
        problems which may arise in the implementation and administration of
        case mix funding; and

   (d)  providing information that does not identify patients or individuals
        to the Secretary for statistical purposes.