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Aged care providers are continuing to fall short of the mandatory minutes of care residents should be receiving from registered nurses, new analysis shows.

The data, which reflects nearly one-third of the residential aged care sector, still shows a shortfall in RN care minutes despite the increase, and with Mirus finding that 92% of facilities are under-reporting their care minutes, millions in funded rosters are not being reported.

With mandated care minutes now in place, operators run a significant risk: let your occupancy drop and you may be over-spending on workforce. But reduce your staff by too much and you risk being caught out by the regulator. Could Hollywood provide a solution?

From October 1st, care minutes are mandatory, but unfortunately, many aged care providers are still reliant on manual and retrospective processes to track and report on care minutes.

Aged care providers have serious concerns about the toll the reforms may have on their teams and the sector in the coming year, says a survey.

Almost all aged care leaders taking part in an industry survey say the sector’s funding is inadequate but only half think more opportunities to boost user pay revenue in accommodation and services is the solution.

A new survey by the advisory group suggests that aged care providers are looking to overhaul their business models as the funding gap continues to widen.

Aged care providers are receiving another major funding boost after the Government announced an additional $2.1 billion investment to increase the AN-ACC price from December 1.

Operating efficiently is a shared goal of all the stakeholders in the industry, including residents, because it allows more funding to be directed towards care than towards administration.

Our Quality, Risk and Compliance Lead Katie Airey shares her perspectives with Hello Leaders on the new Quality Indicators and how providers can prepare.

The average daily subsidy residential aged care providers have received under the sector’s new funding model is below government projections, according to industry advisors and benchmarkers Mirus Australia.

New data from advisory Mirus Australia highlights that the Department of Health’s predicted average daily subsidy (ADS) of $225 per bed per day fell short by $4, leaving $277 million on the table as providers build their understanding of the AN-ACC funding model.

Aged care providers need to be looking closely at their workforce productivity, IT systems and data governance now if they want to come out on top with the commencement of AN-ACC. (This article is behind a pay wall).

The Budget has delivered providers an important piece in the puzzle in better understanding funding under the new model, but questions remain about whether it’s enough to meet incoming minimum staffing requirements.

A report from aged care consultants Mirus Australia released last week and a forum it hosted showed most providers are yet to prepare for the new funding model, largely because of a lack of information on top of the intense response required to COVID and workforce issues.

Mirus Australia has held a webinar to discuss the results of its AN-ACC survey, with several industry CEOs participating. The survey’s findings reveal that 70% of CEOs have done “little or nothing” to prepare for AN-ACC, which replaces ACFI on 1 October.

Mirus Australia has today released the report ‘A new era in aged care funding’ AN-ACC CEO Survey, highlighting the sentiments and readiness of aged care leaders towards the implementation of the AN-ACC funding tool that will replace ACFI from 1 October 2022.

The industry needs to do more to prepare for the implementation of the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) on 1 October, a study has warned. The survey by Mirus Australia found that 70% of CEOs have done “little or nothing” to get ready for AN-ACC.