Our work

The HCCS helps medical indemnity insurers with the cost of large claims against doctors, allied health professionals and midwives.

The Australian Government subsidises organisations to provide home care services to eligible older people. As an approved provider of Home Care Packages, make sure you understand how funding works, the fees you can charge, and what your responsibilities are.

We help the aged care sector to grow the home care workforce with targeted support for providers to recruit and retain home care workers. The Home Care Workforce Program ceased on 30 June 2024 to be replaced by a new program in early 2025.

Under the Home Medicines Review, a pharmacist visits patients’ homes to help them understand all the medicines they take, and make recommendations to help health practitioners and patients develop medicine management plans. This helps to increase quality use of medicines and decrease adverse events.

The Hospital to Aged Care Dementia Support Program helps older people living with dementia transition from hospital into residential aged care or home with aged care support.

The Immunoglobulin Review (Ig Review) Pilot Process is looking at the use of government-funded immunoglobulin treatment for selected conditions. This helps us make sure patients receive the most beneficial treatment available.

We are working with older people and the aged care sector to improve the design of residential aged care accommodation.

Learn about compliance and assurance measures to safeguard the settings of the Prescribed List.

We are improving the health and quality of life for older people living in residential aged care through better food and nutrition.

We are funding a range of activities to help primary care better recognise and respond to family and domestic violence.

This project aims to improve access to palliative care for people with intellectual disability through a web-based toolkit and national data collection.

We are increasing support for people with dementia and their carers through dementia-specific respite services.

We are working to create digital solutions to improve the Medicare payment processes. This will increase transparency for patients and better ensure the integrity of Medicare.

We want to support more people with intellectual disability to have annual health assessments. An annual health assessment is a comprehensive assessment of a person. It provides a structured way to identify health issues and conditions that are potentially preventable.

The Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) program helps people and families who have problems with breaking down protein in their food. They need a special diet, and the IEM program helps them pay for their specialised food.

The scheme covers 100% of the cost of eligible IBNR claims that medical defence organisations (MDOs) do not have the reserves to cover, as of 30 June 2002.

An independent review of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) has started. The review will look for complex or unnecessary processes within the NRAS. It aims to improve regulatory outcomes and keep Australians safe by providing high-quality health care.

National Cabinet has commissioned a review of Australia’s regulatory settings for health professionals. It will consider ways to help ease health workforce shortages while maintaining high standards in health care quality and patient safety.

The Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme (IAHP) funds high-quality health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It funds Indigenous-led, culturally appropriate initiatives to increase access to health care and improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Under this program, pharmacies provide medicines to their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients in a well-sealed, tamper-proof device. This helps patients organise and time their medicines, so that they take them at the right dose and time.

We fund the IEI Program to create employment and training opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers in non-clinical aged care roles.

The Indigenous Health Research Fund is investing $160 million in Indigenous-led research to tackle health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Indigenous Health Workforce Traineeships program aims to create viable career pathways and increase the number of skilled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in the primary health care sector.

IPEPA prepares mainstream and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals to deliver high quality, holistic and culturally responsive palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their loved ones.

Our influenza (flu) surveillance program monitors influenza activity and severity in the community. Fortnightly reports during flu season help us keep track of this disease in Australia.