W&L Aged Care Services is airing a weekly radio show for aged care professionals to hear about the major issues facing the industry. The Aged Care Executive Podcast has released 11 shows…
Month: November 2018
New Radio Program Launched for Aged and Community Care Professionals
Here is your updated table with the ACFI Rates for 2015-16
Click here for a copy of the updated Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) Rates for 2015-16. Click here for the 2016-17 rates. This pdf includes tables which show: The overall daily rate…
ACFI Changes in 2016
The ACFI is changing… but what are the changes exactly, and what do you need to do about them? What are the changes? With regards to the recent changes, what we do…
ACFI validation to target complex health care sharp practices
An area that will be targeted under the new ACFI stronger compliance regime is ‘sharp practices’ – a practice that is within the rules but not within the intent of the ACFI….
How the ACFI changes will affect your facility between July and December
Changes to the current complex health care scoring matrix will be in effect for ACFI submissions between 1st of July and 31st December 2016. This will reduce funding by a category shift…
How the ACFI changes will affect your facility in 2017
A second round of ACFI changes will occur as of the 1st January 2017 This will be further changes to the complex health care scoring matrix and a reduction in points for…
How to eliminate risk of losing ACFI funding in 2016
There are 2 specific things providers need to take into consideration with regards to protecting ACFI funding: The changes that are taking place only apply to submissions after 30th June, and the second round after…
How to optimise ACFI funding before next week’s changes
There’s not long now before the ACFI changes take place – so it’s important that facility staff are focussing on the correct ACFI appraisals There are 2 types of mandatory reappraisals you…
Here is your updated table with the ACFI Rates for July–Dec 2016
Click here for a copy of the updated Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) Rates for July to Dec 2016 This pdf includes tables which show: The overall daily rate for all 64…
Pain management four TIMES or four DAYS per week in 2017?
It was surprising when the ‘changes to residential aged care funding arrangements’ Fact Sheet listed Item 12.4b as Complex pain management by allied health professional at least 4 times per week. Especially…