Within 18 months of 1st October, every provider will receive an assessment, and this will reoccur every 3 years or at random based on risk. The purpose of these assessments is to ensure accuracy of care minute reporting in Quarterly Financial Reports and 24/7 RN time in line with the 24/7 RN responsibility.
On the 1st October 2023, care minute targets became mandatory and the care minutes associated with each AN-ACC class were adjusted.
With the focus on care minutes becoming mandatory on the 1st October it’s easy to forget that there are also changes to RVUs also going live that day.
We have collated key insights from the government’s Sep 5 webinar on mandatory care minute requirements
Optimising rostering in aged care organisations is a delicate balancing act—ensuring high-quality care for recipients while managing workforce costs efficiently.
Most providers are aware that June kicked off the calculation period that will be used to calculate the mandatory care minute targets for October-December 2023 quarter…
In this blog, we explore different strategies aged care organisations could incorporate into their workforce and roster planning to proactively ensure care minute targets are met whilst continuing to deliver high-quality care, optimal resource allocation, and budgetary compliance.
Practical steps for providers that support and grow a sustainable workforce to meet your care minute target.
Under AN-ACC, care minute data is crucial for all admission and reclassification decisions because it is required to determine if resident movements and reclassifications will be truly beneficial for the site, or if they will push care minute targets beyond the current workforce capacity.
We are less than 2 months away from Care Minutes becoming mandatory on 1st October 2023.
Each facility will have care minutes targets based on their casemix of permanent residents (including palliative care recipients) and respite residents. A resident’s casemix is based on their AN-ACC classification. However, you may not have considered the impact this has on your care obligation.