Submission by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation ANMF Submission to the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2025-26 September 2024 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation / ANMF Submission to the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority Consultation Paper on the Prici. [...] As per ANMF’s previous submissions to the IHAPCA, the ANMF highlights the need for the inclusion of additional principles around accountability on the part of providers in the use of funds. [...] We are concerned that if this practice remains unchecked by both the Aged Care Quality 10 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation / ANMF Submission to the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2025-26 and Safety Commission and the NSW Ministry of Health, this could represent a lack of governa. [...] It must be an obligation on the provider that the use of any funds received for the delivery of care be transparently and accountably used for the purposes it was provided, and if not for the surplus to be returned to the Government or paying aged care participants. [...] While the ANMF recognises that the principles do include ‘promoting value’ and promoting the use of ‘ABF where practicable and appropriate’, further efforts should occur to where possible 11 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation / ANMF Submission to the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services.
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- ANMF Submission to the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2025-26 1
- Annie Butler 2
- Federal Secretary 2
- Lori-Anne Sharp 2
- Federal Assistant Secretary 2
- Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation 2
- Level 1 365 Queen Street Melbourne VIC 3000 2
- E anmffederalanmf.org.au 2
- W www.anmf.org.au 2
- 1.a. What factors should be taken into consideration in developing any future refinement to the AN-ACC branching structure for independently mobile residents 4
- 1.b. What evidence is there to support this 5
- 3. What if any additional cost variations and eligibility requirements are associated with the provision of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents 6
- 4. What if any factors should IHACPA consider when looking at specialised BCT rates for specialised homeless status 7
- 5. What if any additional cost variations and eligibility requirements are associated with the provision of care for these residents 8
- 6. What should be considered in any future refinement to the residential respite classes and AN-ACC funding model 8
- 6a. Is the funding model approach across each respite classification adequate to incentivise services to provide a residential respite model of care 10
- 6b. What evidence is there to support this 10
- 7. What if any changes should IHACPA consider for the proposed updated residential aged care pricing principles which take into consideration a move toward revised funding model terminology 10
