Publications

This guide is for registered providers of approved residential care homes. It helps you understand and meet your obligations to collect and report data on enrolled nursing for the QI Program.

This guide is for registered providers of approved residential care homes. It helps you understand and meet your obligations to collect and report data on pressure injuries for the QI Program.

This guide is for registered providers of approved residential care homes. It helps you understand and meet your obligations to collect and report data on hospitalisation for the QI Program.

This guide is for registered providers of approved residential care homes. It helps you understand and meet your obligations to collect and report data on quality of life for the QI Program.

This user guide is for Australian Government–funded providers of residential aged care. The user guide provides instructions to submit data and access reports using the Quality Indicators application in the Government Provider Management System.

This guide is for registered providers of approved residential care homes. It helps you understand and meet your obligations to collect and report data on medication management – antipsychotics for the QI Program.

This guide is for registered providers of approved residential care homes. It helps you understand and meet Your obligations to collect and report data on medication management – polypharmacy for the QI Program.

This guide is for registered providers of approved residential care homes. It helps you understand and meet your obligations to collect and report data on restrictive practices for the QI Program.

This guide is for registered providers of approved residential care homes. It helps you understand and meet your obligations to collect and report data on workforce for the QI Program.

This fact sheet is for Australian Government-funded residential aged care. It covers the definition for each quality indicator and describes how the QI Program is relevant to them.

This fact sheet is for Australian Government-funded providers of residential aged care. It covers the definition for each quality indicator and describes how the QI Program is relevant to them.

An FAQ style document that provides additional guidance to registered providers to assist with reporting QI Program data via the new GPMS – QI application.

Practices participating in the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program are required to advertise as a bulk billing only practice on Healthdirect Australia’s National Health Services Directory (NHSD). These resources are designed to assist practices to register or update their details on the NHSD.

This FAQ resource is designed to help practices and providers understand the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program. It covers key topics such as program details, eligibility, benefits, registration, and operational procedures.

The data extract provides access to all headline data published in all Quarterly Financial Snapshot reports to date, inclusive of quarter 4 2024-25.

A summary of providers’ attestations that they have passed on additional Australian Government funding in support of the Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase minimum award wages for many aged care workers and associated on-costs.

This snapshot provides analysis of the financial performance of the Australian aged care sector for quarter 4 of 2024-25 (1 April to 30 June 2025).

This fact sheet outlines how expanded eligibility for bulk billing incentives and the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program benefit patients.

This fact sheet provides an overview of participant contributions under Support at Home. This includes an explanation of contribution rates, the lifetime cap, the ‘no worse off principle’, and financial hardship support.

This fact sheet provides information about accessing assistance to pay for aged care fees.

A snapshot of Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) financial support for Australian health and medical research between 2022 and 2024.

These talking points are designed for practice managers and staff to download to talk with patients about bulk billing arrangements at their Medicare Bulk Billing Practice.

Guidance for care finders and OPAN advocates on the rollout of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander assessment organisations, covering culturally safe assessments, preference recording, referral, feedback, support, and FAQs.

Guidance for Elder Care Support workers on the rollout of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander assessment organisations, covering culturally safe assessments, preference recording, referral, feedback, support, and FAQs.

Practices participating in the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP) must display Medicare Bulk Billing Practice signage. Preview and order Medicare Bulk Billing Practice signage for BBPIP, read the signage requirements, and order optional information for patients about eligible services.