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Accommodation charge top-up supplement for aged care
Topics › Aged care › Providing aged care services › Funding for aged care service providers4 June 2025 - This supplement is for people who entered residential aged care as high-care residents between 20 March 2008 and 19 March 2010, and were on income support. Find out more about eligibility and how much you get on behalf of eligible residents.
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Subsidy increase in the Home Care Packages Program
Our work › Home Care Packages Program › Funding for Home Care Packages4 June 2025 - The Home Care Packages subsidy will rise on 1 March 2025. This will help cover any reasonable increases to prices resulting from providers paying their nurses increased award wages.
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Webinar 6: Multi-Purpose Services Program Aged Care Reforms – Impacts on the MPSP and providers – 28 February 2025
Resources › Webinars16 April 2025 - This webinar was held on 28 February 2025 and provides instructions on MPSP reforms and updates, MPSP subsidies and client fees, transitional arrangements (preparing for client data collection) and questions and answers.
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Viability supplement for home care
Topics › Aged care › Providing aged care services › Funding for aged care service providers28 July 2025 - This supplement helps with the cost of providing services in rural and remote areas. We automatically pay this supplement if your home care recipient is eligible. Find out about eligibility and how we work out which areas are remote.
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About the Prescribed List
Our work6 June 2025 - The Prescribed List of Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products specifies the benefits health insurers must pay for specific medical devices or human tissue products. Find out what it includes, how to apply, when we update the list, and the legislation that underpins it.
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Hotelling supplement for residential aged care
Topics › Aged care › Providing aged care services › Funding for aged care service providers4 June 2025 - Approved providers of residential aged care receive the hotelling supplement to help meet the cost of providing everyday living services. This includes services such as catering, cleaning and laundry.
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Additional or extra service fee agreements
Our work › Residential aged care › Managing residential aged care services19 August 2025 - From 1 November 2025 providers can’t enter into new additional or extra service fee agreements with residents. These will be replaced by the new optional higher everyday living agreement.
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Daily accommodation payment (DAP) indexation
Our work › Residential aged care › Managing residential aged care services13 August 2025 - Daily accommodation payments (DAPs) will be indexed from 1 November 2025. Providers will index the payment they charge twice a year. This only applies to residents on the 1 November 2025 accommodation arrangements.
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Pensioner supplement for aged care
Topics › Aged care › Providing aged care services › Funding for aged care service providers4 June 2025 - The pensioner supplement is for aged care residents who have a dependant or who receive income support. Find out about eligibility and how much you get on behalf of eligible residents.
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Charging for Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) Programme services
Our work › Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) Programme4 June 2025 - As a provider, you can ask people accessing STRC services to pay care fees. Find out what fees you can charge.