Publications

View the current and previous BIR and MPIR for residential aged care. Find out which rate to use to calculate accommodation payments and contributions and interest amounts.

This document provides information on how the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing undertakes cost recovery for administration of private health insurance second-tier default benefits eligibility.

This document is designed to support Primary Health Networks (PHNs) that are participating in the Aged Care On-site Pharmacist Measure – Residential Aged Care Home Support Grant Program.

This fact sheet contains details of changes to the Practice Incentives Program – Indigenous Health Incentive (PIP-IHI) that will apply from 1 July 2025.

This document is designed to assist pharmacist and residential aged care home participation in the Aged Care On-site Pharmacist Measure. It includes information about the Measure, useful resources and links.

These guidelines outline how private hospitals can apply for second-tier default benefits eligibility and the assessment criteria. It also explains how we administer eligibility.

This form is for private hospitals to apply for second-tier default benefits eligibility.

The schedule lists the daily rates of subsidies and supplements for government-subsidised aged care. It includes rates for home care, residential aged care, transition care and short-term restorative care (STRC).

This report provides insight from the monitoring and evaluation activity covering the first six months of implementation of the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive.

Advice for health providers and other users of the Medicare Benefits Schedule on the interpretation and application of MBS items, explanatory notes and associated legislation, to assist them in billing Medicare correctly.

Advice for health providers and other users of the Medicare Benefits Schedule on the interpretation and application of MBS items, explanatory notes and associated legislation, to assist them in billing Medicare correctly.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on 2025.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on June 2025.

This is a guideline to support healthcare professionals and support workers in navigating themselves and participants through each step of the National Lung Cancer Screening Program and screening and assessment pathway.

This page contains the link to the PDF version of the Support at Home claiming and payment arrangements module. Users will be able to download the PDF resource and access the training offline.

This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally in 2025. It includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, vaccine rollout, testing and PPE provided to services.

This report and accompanying table provide a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia's nationally notifiable diseases for 26 May 2025 to 8 June 2025.

This fortnightly Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report (ARSR) includes information about acute respiratory illnesses including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.

An update from the Council of Elders after their meeting on 21 & 22 May 2025.

We are developing a practical, user-friendly assessment tool to identify the allied health needs of residents in aged care homes.

An update from the Council of Elders after their meeting on 19 & 20 March 2025.

This Q&A document covers questions and answers asked at the webinar Reform readiness for NATSIFAC providers. This document will help National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care providers understand how the new Aged Care Act will impact them.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on 2025.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on June 2025.

This infographic shows the number of flu (influenza) vaccinations reported to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) during 2022–2025, since 1 March.