Executive Director, Policy and Classification at IHPA
Bio
Joanne Fitzgerald is the Executive Director, Policy and Classification at the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority. Prior to this, she was Director, AR-DRG Development and was responsible for developing and managing the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups classification system.
Joanne has more than 15 years’ experience as a health information manager working with health classifications in both the public and private health sector. Joanne has worked as a clinical coder, manager of medical record departments and at the NSW Ministry of Health.