How to make Medicare data really work for you, every day

By Tyler Fisher, Data Scientist

On the surface, some parts of aged care reporting look simple. Take resident counts, for example. How many people are currently in care? Easy — it’s a head count.

But as every aged care provider knows, what sounds simple rarely is.

Accurate Medicare reporting relies on more than today’s resident numbers. It requires reconciling entry and departure events, matching them to correct effective dates, and ensuring all aggregates are right monthly and quarterly. That alone introduces operational and compliance challenges.

Then layer in more real-world complexity:

• Backdated AN-ACC classifications from reassessments, which take on average three weeks for Services Australia to action.
• Shifting RVU and NWAU weightings, which directly impact funding calculations.
• The need to calculate accurate average per resident per day values for any KPI — from care minutes to revenue to workforce productivity.

Suddenly, producing a reliable view of performance becomes incredibly difficult. And yet these numbers drive critical decisions every day.

Get your data when you need, how you need it

Every night, Mirus runs a high-precision ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process that ingests the latest Medicare data, cleans it, structures it, and reconciles all time-based events to produce a true and accurate picture of your operations.

The level of accuracy is so strong that the Department of Health and Aged Care has consulted with Mirus on how quarterly care minute targets should be calculated. That’s not just an endorsement — it’s validation of the depth, reliability, and industry trust placed in our approach to data.

Access to transformed, reliable Medicare data isn’t just a technical benefit. It drives real operational confidence:

• Accurate care minute reporting, especially with backdating and shifting classifications.
• Reliable AN-ACC funding insights, removing the uncertainty of manual reconciliations.
• Clear performance KPIs that reflect reality, not estimates.
• Better forecasting and planning, supported by consistent and dependable data.
• Reduced compliance risk, time savings, and greater confidence across your team.

When the data is correct, everything built on top of it — reporting, planning, workforce allocation, and financial strategy — becomes stronger.

Turn your data into a strategic advantage

Medicare data is complex by design. But with the right systems and transformation processes behind you, it becomes a powerful strategic asset rather than an administrative burden.

Mirus’ nightly ETL and data-as-a-service capability ensures providers have accurate, up-to-date and decision-ready information at their fingertips — every single day.

To learn more about our Data-as-a-Service, please get in touch.