There is no impact because the You must meet legislative approved provider is not ceasing obligations the Aged Care to provide home care to the Act 1997 with regards to the clients. The approved provider treatment of a client’s unspent continues to be responsible for home care amount. providing clients with a monthly See Division 3A of the User statement on their home care Rights Principles 2014 package funds, which includes Unspent Home Care Amounts the available funds, expenditure See Health’s website for fact and balance of any funds that sheets on Unspent Home Care have not been spent. Amounts and New service referrals will be New service referrals will be issued and accepted as part of issued and accepted as part of the combining services process. the transferring services This is completed for you, and process. This is completed for providers do not need to take you, and providers do not need action. to take action. Once the service/s has been Client information will be Updates in My Aged Care portal combined, client information will viewable under the outlet be viewable through the outlet providing the service, provided providing the service; provided you have linked them in the the service is linked to the portal. correct outlet. The care commencement date will show as the date that the transfer took effect. You are required to provide information for the Aged Care Financial Financial Reporting Report for all Service IDs. Note that the considerations listed in this table are not exhaustive and you should fully investigate your obligations before commencing this application.
Unspent Home Care Amounts There is no impact because the approved provider is not ceasing to provide home care to the clients. The approved provider continues to be responsible for providing clients with a monthly statement on their home care package funds, which includes the available funds, expenditure and balance of any funds that have not been spent. You must meet legislative obligations the Aged Care Act 1997 with regards to the treatment of a client’s unspent home care amount. See Division 3A of the User Rights Principles 2014 See Health’s website for fact sheets on Unspent Home Care Amounts and Updates in My Aged Care portal New service referrals will be issued and accepted as part of the combining services process. This is completed for you, and providers do not need to take action. Once the service/s has been combined, client information will be viewable through the outlet providing the service; provided the service is linked to the correct outlet. New service referrals will be issued and accepted as part of the transferring services process. This is completed for you, and providers do not need to take action. Client information will be viewable under the outlet providing the service, provided you have linked them in the portal. The care commencement date will show as the date that the transfer took effect. Financial Reporting You are required to provide information for the Aged Care Financial Report for all Service IDs. Note that the considerations listed in this table are not exhaustive and you should fully investigate your obligations before commencing this application.