recorded under option 7. Persons whose only source of income is a superannuation pension should be recorded as receiving no government pension or benefit. Verification rules: Collection methods: This data element should be recorded for all HACC care recipients at the beginning of each HACC service episode. The agency should also assess the currency of this information at subsequent assessments/re-assessments within a HACC service episode and should update the agency’s record of the person’s Government pension/benefit status, if necessary. recent Government pension/benefit status that the agency has recorded for Reporting the person. requirements: Information provided by the agency about the person’s Government pension/benefit status will be considered to be at least as up to date as the This data Date of last update reported for the person. This is in line with the request element is that agencies assess and update the information they have about a required for person’s pension/benefit status at the beginning of each HACC service reporting in the episode as well as at subsequent assessments/re-assessments within a HACC MDS HACC service episode. collection. Agencies are If the agency’s system or records do not provide sufficient information to required to accurately report on this data element, the agency should use code 99 Not report the most stated/inadequately described. Related data: Is related to the data elements DVA card status and Date of last update. Administrative attributes Source document: Developed for the HACC Data Dictionary Version 1.0, 1998. Source organisation: Comments:
Verification rules: recorded under option 7. Persons whose only source of income is a superannuation pension should be recorded as receiving no government pension or benefit. Collection methods: This data element should be recorded for all HACC care recipients at the beginning of each HACC service episode. The agency should also assess the currency of this information at subsequent assessments/re-assessments within a HACC service episode and should update the agency’s record of the person’s Government pension/benefit status, if necessary. Reporting requirements: This data element is required for reporting in the HACC MDS collection. Agencies are required to report the most recent Government pension/benefit status that the agency has recorded for the person. Information provided by the agency about the person’s Government pension/benefit status will be considered to be at least as up to date as the Date of last update reported for the person. This is in line with the request that agencies assess and update the information they have about a person’s pension/benefit status at the beginning of each HACC service episode as well as at subsequent assessments/re-assessments within a HACC service episode. If the agency’s system or records do not provide sufficient information to accurately report on this data element, the agency should use code 99 Not stated/inadequately described. Related data: Is related to the data elements DVA card status and Date of last update. Administrative attributes Source document: Developed for the HACC Data Dictionary Version 1.0, 1998. Source organisation: Comments:
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